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• cavendish
  cavendish

  noun

  tobacco that has been softened, sweetened, and pressed into cakes.
• Cavendish
  Cavendish

  noun

  Henry, 1731–1810, English chemist and physicist.

cavendish

¹ American  

[kav-uhn-dish] / ˈkæv ən dɪʃ /

noun

1. tobacco that has been softened, sweetened, and pressed into cakes.

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Cavendish ² American  

[kav-uhn-dish] / ˈkæv ən dɪʃ /

noun

1. Henry, 1731–1810, English chemist and physicist.

2. William, 4th Duke of Devonshire, 1720–64, British statesman: prime minister 1756–57.

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Cavendish ¹ British  

/ ˈkævəndɪʃ /

noun

1. Henry. 1731–1810, British physicist and chemist: recognized hydrogen, determined the composition of water, and calculated the density of the earth by an experiment named after him

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cavendish ² British  

/ ˈkævəndɪʃ /

noun

1. tobacco that has been sweetened and pressed into moulds to form bars

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Cavendish Scientific  

/ kăv′ən-dĭsh /

1. British chemist and physicist who in 1766 discovered hydrogen, which he called “inflammable air.” He also demonstrated that it is the lightest of all the gases and established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen. In 1798, Cavendish estimated with great accuracy the mean density of the Earth.

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Etymology

Origin of cavendish

First recorded in 1830–40; presumably named after maker or handler

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Example Sentences

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Environmental Assessor cavendish personnel. a fantastic opportunity has arrisen to join our pr….

From The Guardian ● Mar. 19, 2010

He began to dislike Shand, because he did snore so loudly, and drank so much bottled ale, and smelt so strongly of cavendish tobacco.

From John Caldigate by Anthony Trollope

The word conveys no idea to you but that of "long nines," and pig-tail, and cavendish.

From The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain by Bayard Taylor

“Will that do?” asked Frank Willders, cutting off a piece from a plug of cavendish.

From Fighting the Flames by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

The brutal indifference of the rejoinder suited his humour, and, with a glance at Vickers, he took a small piece of cavendish from the pocket of his pea-jacket, and gave it to the recaptured convict.

From For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke

Hotel occupancy rates dropped to 56% in the first half of the year from around 80% in 2025, according to a report from Cavendish Maxwell, a Persian Gulf-based property consulting firm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Pershore in Worcestershire and Cavendish in Suffolk hit three consecutive days of heatwave threshold temperatures on Monday and it is expected more parts of southern and eastern England will reach heatwave criteria on Tuesday.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

Meanwhile, in the UK a provisional June record of 37.1C was recorded at Cavendish in Suffolk.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

Cavendish suspended two lead spheres from a wire and positioned larger masses nearby.

From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026

Just before he leaves Cavendish, Dr. Harlow gives Phineas a little test.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

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