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COFFIN NAIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does coffin nail mean?
• COFFIN NAIL (noun)
The noun COFFIN NAIL has 1 sense:
1. finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
Familiarity information: COFFIN NAIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("coffin nail" is a kind of...):
roll of tobacco; smoke (tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder)
Meronyms (parts of "coffin nail"):
cigarette butt (small part of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coffin nail"):
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)
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