ashtray

[ash-trey]

noun

1. a receptacle for tobacco ashes of smokers.

ashtray

/ ˈæʃˌtreɪ /

noun

1. a receptacle for tobacco ash, cigarette butts, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of ashtray¹

First recorded in 1885–90; ash ¹ + tray ¹

Example Sentences

This portable ashtray is small enough to slip in your pocket yet certainly more stylish than a cotton candy vape.

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Most of these kids have never seen an ashtray or a car cigarette lighter before.

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"There's a letter rack, ashtrays and even a tiny little sunroof - but it's not a sunroof at all, it's a chimney, because in 1925 everyone was smoking."

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Essentially, I treated the world as my ashtray.

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Houseplant Standing Ash Tray Now this is an ashtray meant to be displayed.

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