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CIGARETTE BUTT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cigarette butt mean? 

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

1. small part of a cigarette that is left after smokingplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CIGARETTE BUTT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small part of a cigarette that is left after smoking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

butt; stub (the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking))

Holonyms ("cigarette butt" is a part of...):

butt; cigaret; cigarette; coffin nail; fag (finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking)


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