humidor
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.
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.
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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 AndersonCaptain Carver selected a cigar from Peter Gross's humidor and reclined in the most comfortable chair in the room.
The Argus Pheasant | John Charles BeechamHe 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 LeverageWhen the second bottle was emptied, Mr. Claybourne brought forth a humidor filled with large, black Havanas.
I Walked in Arden | Jack CrawfordHe 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
/ (ˈhjuːmɪˌdɔː) /
a humid place or container for storing cigars, tobacco, etc
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