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Meaning of cigarette holder | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A tube-like device that holds a cigarette and through which the cigarette is smoked.

Equivalents

العربية فم
Eesti pits
Magyar szipka
Italiano bocchino
Монгол соруул
Polski cygarnica cygarniczka fifka lufka
Русский мундштук
Türkçe ağızlık
Українська мундштук

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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