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- [si-gahr]
- /sɪˈgɑr/
- /sɪˈɡɑːr/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [si-gahr]
- /sɪˈgɑr/
Definitions of cigar word
- countable noun cigar Cigars are rolls of dried tobacco leaves which people smoke. 3
- noun cigar a cylindrical roll of cured tobacco leaves, for smoking 3
- noun cigar a cylindrical roll of cured tobacco for smoking, consisting of cut tobacco wrapped in a tobacco leaf 3
- noun cigar a more or less cylindrical roll of tobacco cured for smoking, of any of various lengths, thicknesses, degrees of straightness, etc., usually wrapped in a tobacco leaf. 1
- idioms cigar no cigar, Informal. not being a winning or successful effort, as if not good enough to earn a cigar as a prize: He made a good try at fielding the ball, but no cigar. 1
- noun cigar A cylinder of tobacco rolled in tobacco leaves for smoking. 1
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Origin of cigar
First appearance:
before 1625 One of the 42% oldest English words
First recorded in 1625-35, cigar is from the Spanish word cigarro
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Parts of speech for Cigar
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cigar popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
cigar usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cigar
noun cigar
- tobacco — any of several plants belonging to the genus Nicotiana, of the nightshade family, especially one of those species, as N. tabacum, whose leaves are prepared for smoking or chewing or as snuff.
- bouquet — A bouquet is a bunch of flowers which is attractively arranged.
- corona — The sun's corona is its outer atmosphere.
- smoke — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
- stogy — a long, slender, roughly made, inexpensive cigar.
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