filter tip

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noun

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

a cigarette or cigar having such a mouthpiece.

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Origin of filter tip

First recorded in 1930–35

OTHER WORDS FROM filter tip

filter-tipped, adjective

Words nearby filter tip

filter feeding, filter out, filter paper, filter press, filter pump, filter tip, filth, filthy, filthy lucre, filtrable, filtrate

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How to use filter tip in a sentence

Earlier this year, security at major airports was tightened because of a tip that al-Asiri had been working on a cell phone bomb.
A Gift to the Jihadis: The Unseen Airport Security Threat|Clive Irving|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In total, officers said 600 emails or tip-offs had been received by more than 40 officers working on Operation Fairbank.
Victim: I Watched British MPs Rape and Murder Young Boys|Nico Hines|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We are overwhelmed with data from every quarter, and our capacity to filter fact from fraud is limited.
The Facts About Ferguson Matter, Dammit|Doug McIntyre|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tip: The narrower upper deck in coach is the better choice because its eight-seat rows cannot be extended.
Flying Coach Is the New Hell: How Airlines Engineer You Out of Room|Clive Irving|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST

One explanation for why the White House was not interested was so as not to tip off Sunni insurgents in Iraq.
Insiders Blame Rove for Covering Up Iraq’s Real WMD|Eli Lake|October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At once cover the mouth of the tube with a filter-paper cap moistened with saturated aqueous solution of silver nitrate (1:1).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The best pipet is a small glass tube which has been drawn out at one end to a tip with rather small opening.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Tip wore leaky boots all last winter, but when spring came he bought Mrs. Pulsifer a sewing machine.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
Mrs. Kaye's expressive eyes, which had dwelt on Isabel with flattering attention, fell to the tip of her cigarette.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
The blood is obtained from the finger-tip or the lobe of the ear, as for a blood count; only a very small drop is required.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd

British Dictionary definitions for filter tip

filter tip

noun

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

a cigarette having such an attachment

Derived forms of filter tip

filter-tipped, adjective

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