- the dried leaves of the tobacco plant that are used for making cigarettes, smoking in a pipe, etc.
- tobacco smoke
- The government imposed a ban on tobacco advertising (= the advertising of cigarettes and all other forms of tobacco).
- Several different tobaccos are grown on the land.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- strong
- stale
- pipe
- …
- chew
- smoke
- use
- …
- addiction
- consumption
- use
- …
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Spanish tabaco; said to be from a Carib word denoting a tobacco pipe or from a Taino word for a primitive cigar, but perhaps from Arabic.Want to learn more?
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