lighter
noun/ˈlaɪtə(r)/
/ˈlaɪtər/
- (also cigarette lighter)a small device that produces a flame for lighting cigarettes, etc.
- He flicked his lighter but it didn’t catch.
- She pulled out a small silver lighter from her bag.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cigarette
- butane
- gas
- …
- flick
- pull out
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- a boat with a flat bottom used for carrying goods to and from ships in harbourTopics Transport by waterc2
Word Originsense 2 late Middle English: from light (in the sense ‘unload’), or from Middle Low German luchter.
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