humidor

[ hyoo-mi-dawr or, often, yoo- ]
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noun
  1. a container or storage room for cigars or other preparations of tobacco, fitted with means for maintaining the right level of humidity for keeping the tobacco suitably moist.

  2. a similar container or room for storing any items or products that benefit from a controlled and consistent level of humidity, especially baseballs, whose degree of moisture notably affects their response when batted.

Origin of humidor

1
First recorded in 1900–05; humid + -or2

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How to use humidor in a sentence

  • Lancaster got a cigar from the humidor and collapsed his long gaunt body across chair and hassock.

    Security | Poul William Anderson
  • Captain Carver selected a cigar from Peter Gross's humidor and reclined in the most comfortable chair in the room.

    The Argus Pheasant | John Charles Beecham
  • He turned and found a cigar to his liking out of many in a humidor beneath a smaller table at the right of his chair.

    Whispering Wires | Henry Leverage
  • When the second bottle was emptied, Mr. Claybourne brought forth a humidor filled with large, black Havanas.

    I Walked in Arden | Jack Crawford
  • He made no answer, going up to the humidor on the mantel and selecting a cigar, which he lighted very deliberately.

    A Top-Floor Idyl | George van Schaick

British Dictionary definitions for humidor

humidor

/ (ˈhjuːmɪˌdɔː) /


noun
  1. a humid place or container for storing cigars, tobacco, etc

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