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filter-tipped cigarette

filter-tipped cigarette

3.9
A roll of tobacco with a soft end that helps reduce tar in the smoke
  • noun
translation icon : cigarrillo con filtro
  • He chose a filter-tipped cigarette to reduce the harmful effects of smoking.

Examples

  • Many smokers prefer a filter-tipped cigarette for a smoother taste.

  • The health brochure recommended switching to a filter-tipped cigarette for a less toxic experience.

  • The filter-tipped cigarette.

    Fiction book (1997)

Synonyms

cigarette
vsfilter-tipped cigarette
∞ 1.0

A thin roll of tobacco wrapped in paper that you smoke

has a filter tip that reduces inhaled tar and other substances
cig
vsfilter-tipped cigarette
  • Informal
10 8.2

A short thin tube of tobacco that people smoke

is the same object but includes a filter to reduce inhaled tar
cigaret
vsfilter-tipped cigarette
  • Archaic
1.8

A thin roll of tobacco wrapped in paper that you smoke

has a small filter tip intended to reduce inhaled tar

Surface Forms

filter-tipped cigarette singular
filter-tipped cigarettes plural

Morphology

filter-tipped + cigarette

The meaning is directly compositional: 'cigarette' (a small tobacco roll) modified by 'filter-tipped' (having a filter at the tip), so a B1 learner who knows 'filter' and 'tip/tipped' can readily infer a cigarette with a filter on its end. This adjective-noun formation follows regular English compounding and is cross-linguistically transparent, making the overall MWE predictable from its parts.

Etymology

The term filter-tipped cigarette comes from the small filter attached to the tip of the cigarette. That little piece was added to 'catch' tar and make the smoke seem milder, so the name now means a cigarette with a filter at the tip.