ashtray
noun
a receptacle for tobacco ashes of smokers.
ashtrays
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pluralof ashtray.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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She has made little cats, wreaths and ashtrays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
On the stretch of Palm between North Olive and Glen avenues, all but a few of the houses are gone, replaced by a row of rectangular ashtrays.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025
“We just have to police the regulations. We can’t have ashtrays on dining tables, for example.”
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2024
Sonics baseball caps, bumper stickers, water bottles, ashtrays, key chains and hand puppets hit shelves.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
But he soon noticed that practically everyone on board was “souvenir collecting,” pocketing towels, ashtrays, and anything else they could easily lift.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
