cigarette holder
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A tube-like device that holds a cigarette or a cigarillo and through which the cigarette or the cigarillo is smoked (mainly to prevent ash from falling onto a smoker's clothes, and nicotine from staining the fingers or gloves, as well as to keep side-stream smoke further from the smoker's eyes).
Example Sentences
- "The cigarette holder that uses a plastic cylinder filled with granules of silica reduced the nicotine content by 14 percent and the tar content by 21 percent."
- "He displayed the cigarette holder grandly on every occasion and had learned to manipulate it adroitly. Unwittingly, he had discovered deep within himself a fertile aptitude for smoking with a cigarette holder."
- "Cigarette holders were considered an essential part of women's fashion from the early to the mid-twentieth century and are sometimes of quite simple design; or they may be incredibly ornate, with gemstone or mother-of-pearl inlays."