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Meaning of Lighter | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
ˈlaɪtɚ

Definitions

  1. A person who lights things.
  2. A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats).
  3. A device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes.

Equivalents

Afrikaans aak
العربية القداحة قداحة ولاعة
Azərbaycanca alışqan
Беларуская запальнічка
Български запа́лка
বাংলা লাইটার
བོད་སྐད སླ་བ
Bosanski upaljač упаљач
Català encenedor
Čeština zapalovač zapík
Cymraeg taniwr
Dansk cigarettænder fyrtøj
Deutsch (handheld) Feuerzeug Feuerzeug Leichter Zigarettenanzünder
Ελληνικά αναπτήρας μαούνα φορτηγίδα
Español briquet encendedor fosforera lighter mechero yesquero
Suomi lehteri savukkeensytytin stenkku sytkäri sytytin sytyttäjä tupakansytytin
Français briquet
Gaeilge lastoir
Galego chisqueiro
עברית מצית
हिन्दी लाइटर
Hrvatski upaljač упаљач
Magyar öngyújtó
Հայերեն կրակվառիչ
Bahasa Indonesia pemantik
Íslenska kveikjari prammi
Italiano accendino
日本語 ライター
ქართული სანთებელა
Қазақша шақпақ
ខ្មែរ ដែកកេះ
한국어 라이터
Latina ignitabulum
ລາວ ກັບໄຟ
Lietuvių žiebtuvėlis
Latviešu šķiltavas
Македонски запалка чакмак
Монгол асаагуур
Bahasa Melayu pemetik api
မြန်မာဘာသာ ဓာတ်မီးခြစ် မီးခြစ်
Nederlands aansteker lichter
Polski lichtuga zapalara zapalniczka
Português acendedor isqueiro
Română brichetă
Русский зажигалка лихтер шала́нда
Slovenčina zapaľovač
Slovenščina vžigalnik
Shqip çakmak
Српски upaljač упаљач
Svenska tändare
ไทย ไฟแช็ก
Tagalog pansindi
Türkçe ateş çakmak
ئۇيغۇرچە چاقماق
Українська запальничка спалахуйка
اردو لائٹر
Tiếng Việt bật lửa hộp quẹt

Examples

“a lighter of lamps”
“Cigarette in mouth, he clutched his pockets in search of a lighter.”
“It is, of course, possible to work only to or from lighters in this way, and such working is not very general in this country, although a certain amount of such overside work is carried on in enclosed docks.”

CEFR level

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

lighter fluid lighter screw lighterage lighterful lightering lighterman

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