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ROLL OF TOBACCO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does roll of tobacco mean? 

ROLL OF TOBACCO (noun)
  The noun ROLL OF TOBACCO has 1 sense:

1. tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinderplay

  Familiarity information: ROLL OF TOBACCO used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ROLL OF TOBACCO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

roll of tobacco; smoke

Hypernyms ("roll of tobacco" is a kind of...):

baccy; tobacco (leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion)

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

cigar (a roll of tobacco for smoking)

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


 Context examples 


A compact roll of tobacco leaves prepared for smoking.

(Cigar, NCI Thesaurus)



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