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ASHTRAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ashtray mean?
• ASHTRAY (noun)
The noun ASHTRAY has 1 sense:
1. a receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes
Familiarity information: ASHTRAY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("ashtray" is a kind of...):
receptacle (a container that is used to put or keep things in)
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