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| ashtray |
An ashtray is where people put the ashes of a cigarette or cigar while they are smoking it and also where they stamp out the ends of the cigarette or cigar when they are finished. An ashtray is also used for the ashes from a pipe. |
| cigarette |
A cigarette is a short, narrow tube of thin paper with tobacco inside. Cigarettes are smoked by some people. |
| puff |
If a person takes a puff of a cigarette or cigar, they breathe in the smoke for a moment and then let it out. [2/6 definitions] |
| smoke |
When someone smokes something like a cigarette, they breathe in the smoke of the cigarette as it burns, and then they blow the smoke out. [1/4 definitions] |
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