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ashtray

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ash·tray  (shtr)
n.
A receptacle for tobacco ashes and cigarette and cigar butts.
ashtray
Noun
a dish for tobacco ash and cigarette ends
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ashtrayashtray - a receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes
receptacle - a container that is used to put or keep things in
Translations
ashtray [ˈæʃtreɪ] n → cenicero
ashtray [ˈæʃtreɪ] n → cendrier m
ashtray [ˈæʃtreɪ] n → Aschenbecher m
ashtray [ˈæʃtreɪ] n → portacenere m


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He squared his chest, took out a cigarette, took two whiffs at it, flung it into a mother-of-pearl ashtray, and with rapid steps walked through the drawing room, and opened the other door into his wife's bedroom.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Jackson's last cone of ashes dropped into the brass ashtray at his elbow.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
There was a window, and a table and a chair in the window, and upon the table stood a rusty inkstand, an ashtray, an old copy of a French newspaper, and a pen with a broken nib.
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