filter tip


noun
  1. a mouthpiece for a cigarette or cigar having a means of filtering the smoke.

  2. a cigarette or cigar having such a mouthpiece.

Origin of filter tip

1
First 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.

    Mate in Two Moves | Winston Marks

British Dictionary definitions for filter tip

filter tip

noun
  1. 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

  2. a cigarette having such an attachment

Derived forms of filter tip

  • filter-tipped, adjective

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