ashtray
[ash-trey]
- a receptacle for tobacco ashes of smokers.
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Origin of ashtray
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Contemporary Examples
On the desk, an ashtray is filled with 23-year-old cigarette butts and a gas mask.
The KGB Welcomes You to Estonia’s Hotel Viru. Please Mind the Hidden BugsNina Strochlic
July 31, 2014
A glass of vodka sat next to the ashtray on his night table.
Dice cracks a window so he can chain-smoke Marlboro Lights, using a glass of water as an ashtray.
Ten thousand; two in the front, two in the back, the rest in the ashtray.
He promptly offered an explanation for that slam and for his dismissal of Vice President Biden as “dumb as an ashtray.”
Historical Examples
"Can't find an ashtray," Bill muttered, seizing on something tangible.
The DoorwayEvelyn E. Smith
Then he picked up a cigar out of an ashtray in front of him and lit it, waiting.
The Cosmic ComputerHenry Beam Piper
He put his pipe in an ashtray and held up a long, bony finger.
Anything You Can Do ...Gordon Randall Garrett
As he lifted the ashtray there was a concerted gasp from all sides.
DeathworldHarry Harrison
An ashtray with a magnet in its base to hold it to the metal edge of the table.
DeathworldHarry Harrison
ashtray
- a receptacle for tobacco ash, cigarette butts, etc
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Word Origin and History for ashtray
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