cigarette burn
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5.2
- noun
- /ˈsɪɡəˌrɛt bɜrn/
:
quemadura de cigarrillo
- They found bruises and cigarette burns...
- cigarette burns and stains
- welts from cigarette burns
- cigarette burn scars
He said he had to buy her a bag because her bag was so old with cigarette burns.
- He said he had to buy her a bag because her bag was so old with cigarette burns.
Examples
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We bought it used, and there were cigarette burns up there!
Blog text (12) -
Watched him smoke, knowing the old man would let the cigarette burn down.
Fiction book (1999) -
There was that cigarette burn on the back of the hand.
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Maybe a cigarette burn on your arm Will change your expression to one of alarm.
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Close-up of the cigarette burn.
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I'm in my 30s and have cigarette burns on my arms.
Blog text (32) -
I took a vinyl recliner that had a cigarette burn in the left arm and several cuts on the right one.
Fiction book (1996) -
She will however suffer some scarring from the cigarette burns.
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The carpet is threadbare wall to wall, scarred with cigarette burns, stained with food and God knows what else.
Fiction book (1993) -
I noticed a cigarette burn on the table after the party.
Synonyms
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1.8
An injury to the skin caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or the sun
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2.4
A dark spot on skin or cloth made when something hot touches it
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4.8
A mark where the surface was burned and turned brown
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5.3
A small burn on the surface of something caused by brief heat
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'cigarette' (the agent/source) with 'burn' (injury or damage): it denotes a burn caused by a cigarette. This noun–noun composition (source + result/injury) is a common, compositional pattern cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Cigarette burn comes from the clear image of a lit cigarette touching fabric, wood, or skin and leaving a small round burn or hole. That's why it means 'a mark or scar left when a cigarette burns something'.