ashtray
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1.4
- noun
- /ˈæʃˌtreɪ/
:
cenicero
- After finishing his cigar, he placed it in the ashtray to avoid littering.
And there's not a lot of people currently making ashtrays and stuff like that.
- And there's not a lot of people currently making ashtrays and stuff like that.
- Look, there is literally an ashtray full of cigarettes, but it's literally an image, so it's flat.
- And he's like, yo, like, can you go outside to the ashtray and get me like, like busted down cigarettes because they could sell them in there.
- You were the ashtray in a non-smoking room.
- Like my whole body was smelled like an ashtray.
- But this is a good thing because for we've got to take the ashtray out and then we can take the front anel off.
- The surface of the earth turned into a glowing ashtray.
Examples
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A half-empty whiskey bottle and an ashtray full of butts are on the night table: last night's partying.
Fiction book (1992) -
A fat black cigar smoldered in an ashtray in front of him.
Fiction book (1992) -
This is an ashtray, a very heavy ashtray, right?
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Looked like an ashtray to me.
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This is an ashtray that tells you no smoking.
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"Mother put out her cigarette in the ashtray and said, "Where did you learn to talk like that?"
Fiction book (1992) -
I heard my mother pound a cigarette butt into an ashtray on the table.
Fiction book (1990) -
Dana looked around for an ashtray, then tapped her cigarette on a dirty lunch plate.
Fiction book (1991) -
There was a stand-up ashtray filled with Prince Albert tobacco ashes and burnt matchsticks.
Fiction book (1991) -
"Angelo leaned forward and tapped the ash from his cigarette into the ashtray, then leaned back.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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5.5
A metal container for holding ashes and other rubbish until it is taken away
1
4.8
A container that holds rubbish until someone empties it
A container for household rubbish that collectors empty
A container for cold ashes and small pieces of household trash
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Morphology
Etymology
Ashtray is made from two simple words: ash ('burnt remains') and tray ('shallow dish'). So an ashtray is a small dish for holding ash and cigarette butts, which is exactly what the name says.