CIGARETTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cigarette mean? 

• CIGARETTE (noun)
  The noun CIGARETTE has 1 sense:

1. finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking

  Familiarity information: CIGARETTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CIGARETTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

butt; cigaret; cigarette; coffin nail; fag

Hypernyms ("cigarette" is a kind of...):

roll of tobacco; smoke (tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder)

Meronyms (parts of "cigarette"):

cigarette butt (small part of a cigarette that is left after smoking)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cigarette"):

cubeb; cubeb cigarette (a cigarette containing cubeb)

filter-tipped cigarette (a cigarette with a filter tip)

joint; marijuana cigarette; reefer; spliff; stick (marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking)

 Context examples 

Researchers report that vaping of e-cigarette usage may modify the genetic material, or DNA, in the oral cells of users, which could increase their cancer risk.

(Using Electronic Cigarettes Can Damage DNA, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

For example, a strong association was found between a new genomic variant and smokers and their daily cigarette usage in Native Hawaiian participants.

(Study of multiethnic genomes identifies 27 genetic variants associated with disease, National Institutes of Health)

Smoke a cigarette, if you'll allow me.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

An adult who has smoked 100 cigarettes in his or her lifetime and who currently smokes cigarettes.

(Current Smoker, NCI Thesaurus)

Pollution is the world’s No. 1 killer, a new study says, causing more premature deaths than war, terrorism, natural disasters, cigarettes and disease.

(Pollution is the World’s No. 1 Killer, VOA)

A person who was not smoking at the time of the interview and has smoked less than 100 cigarettes in their life.

(Never Smoker, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of cigarette that is made in Indonesia.

(Clove cigarette, NCI Dictionary)

One pack-year is smoking 20 cigarettes a day for one year.

(Pack year, NCI Thesaurus)

For five cents he could have bought a package of Durham and brown papers and rolled forty cigarettes—but what of it?

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

If you have been struggling to end a dependence on a drug or cigarettes, you may now successfully find help.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)