filter tip

American  

noun

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

2. a cigarette or cigar having such a mouthpiece.

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filter tip British  

noun

1. 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

2. a cigarette having such an attachment

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Other Word Forms

• filter-tipped adjective

Etymology

Origin of filter tip

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Under the proposed rule, premium cigars are considered those wrapped in whole tobacco leaf, made manually by combining the wrapper, filler and binder, have no characterizing flavor, have no filter, tip, or non-tobacco mouthpiece and are relatively expensive.

From Reuters

In February, Lorillard introduced Satin, a cigarette with a satin-paper filter tip.

From Time Magazine Archive

Three packs of regular or king size, filter tip or plain?

From Time Magazine Archive