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tobacco

tobacco

379 1.4
Dried processed leaves people smoke or chew to get nicotine
  • noun
  • /təˈbækoʊ/
: tabaco
  • Gentlemen, is tobacco or is nicotine addictive?
  • tobacco products
  • tobacco use
  • smoking tobacco

What they said is tobacco may cause cancer.

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Examples

  • It's like a sweet musky tobacco and it smells so good.

  • Additionally, past efforts at tobacco harm reduction may have done more harm than good.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Can he still get his English tobacco?"

  • Grandfather left him 20% of the tobacco company.

  • Bring tobacco and matches, lots of matches.

  • Mike, is it currently illegal or legal to chew tobacco in the major leagues?

  • Finally, families signed a lease agreement that prohibited pets and tobacco smoke in the home.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Cessation of tobacco, including cigarette smoking can help.

  • Participants completed a short questionnaire on demographic information and tobacco use before the discussion.

    Academic text (2012)
  • After lunch, he rolled a cigarette using tobacco from his pouch.

Synonyms

baccy
vstobacco
  • UK
1 9.9

Tobacco that you roll into cigarettes

is the standard label for the same dried and processed leaves

Compounds

Businesses that make and sell products from tobacco, like cigarettes

A product made from tobacco leaves that people smoke or chew, like cigarettes

Smoke that comes from burning tobacco products like cigarettes or cigars

5 3.7

Against using, selling, or promoting tobacco products

tobacco plant
  • Specialized
2 3.4

A plant grown for its leaves that are dried and made into cigarettes or cigars

Spit stained brown after someone chews tobacco

A small bag for carrying pipe tobacco

1 1.8

A shop that sells cigarettes, cigars, and smoking pipes

1 3.2

A small tube with a bowl that you use to smoke tobacco

1 3.1

A person who smokes or chews tobacco

A dark, strong-smelling tobacco from eastern Europe used in cigarettes and pipes

1 7.5

A wild plant from South America and Mexico with leaves used for smoking and not usually grown for sale

tobacco mosaic
  • Specialized
1 7.1

A disease caused by a virus that makes plant leaves show yellow patches, often in tobacco plants

1 3.7

A campaign or law that tries to stop people from using tobacco

A garden plant with sweet-smelling white flowers that open at night

tobacco hornworm
  • Specialized
1 9.0

A large green caterpillar with white stripes that eats tobacco and similar plants

tobacco mosaic virus
  • Specialized
1 4.7

A virus that infects tobacco and other plants, making leaves show light and dark patches

A plant from South America and Mexico used for medicine

tobacco moth
  • Specialized
1 8.6

A small insect whose young eat tobacco and other dried plants

1 9.0

A fast growing evergreen shrub with yellow tube-shaped flowers that can poison livestock

tobacco budworm
  • Specialized
1 8.8

A small caterpillar that eats crops like cotton, corn, and tomatoes

A garden plant with sweet white flowers that open at night

A small bundle of tobacco leaves rolled into a cylinder for smoking

A tall South American plant grown for its large leaves used to make cigarettes and cigars

A person who works to stop people from using tobacco

A plant that lives many years and spreads by runners in shady woods

A wild North American plant with small blue flowers and puffy seed pods once used in medicine

9.9

An old clay pipe with a long stem for smoking, often from 17th or 18th century England

tobacco mildew
  • Specialized
7.2

A fungal disease that makes a white layer on tobacco leaves

tobacco plant
  • Specialized
3.9

A plant changed in a lab to make proteins for vaccines and medicines

tobacco wilt
  • Specialized
8.3

A disease caused by bacteria that makes tobacco, tomato, and potato leaves wilt and turn yellow

tobacco thrips
  • Specialized
9.1

A small insect that feeds on and damages tobacco and peanut plants

How Aromatic

Latakia
1 9.5
tobacco
379 1.4

Surface Forms

tobacco singular
tobaccos plural

Etymology

Tobacco comes from the Taíno word tabaco, which meant a 'pipe' or a 'roll of leaves' used for smoking. So the name stuck to the dried leaves that people smoke, chew, or sniff today.