filter tip
noun
a mouthpiece for a cigarette or cigar having a means of filtering the smoke.
a cigarette or cigar having such a mouthpiece.
Origin of filter tip
1First recorded in 1930–35
Other words from filter tip
- filter-tipped, adjective
Words Nearby filter tip
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How to use filter tip in a sentence
She inhaled from a king-size filter-tip cigarette and blew a feather of smoke at the ceiling.
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British Dictionary definitions for filter tip
filter tip
noun
an attachment to the mouth end of a cigarette for trapping impurities such as tar during smoking. It consists of any of various dense porous substances, such as cotton
a cigarette having such an attachment
Derived forms of filter tip
- filter-tipped, adjective
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