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tobacco
/təˈbækoʊ/
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What does tobacco mean?
noun
- Any plant of the genus Nicotiana.
- Leaves of Nicotiana tabacum and some other species cultivated and harvested to make cigarettes, cigars, snuff, for smoking in pipes or for chewing.
- A variety of tobacco.
More meanings (4)
verb
- To indulge in tobacco; to smoke.
- To treat with tobacco.
proper noun
- Two rivers in Michigan, United States.
- A township in Gladwin County, Michigan, probably named after one of the rivers.
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IPA pronunciation
/təˈbækoʊ/
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See this word in context.
The diagrams, the violin-case, and the pipe-rack—even the Persian slipper which contained the tobacco—all met my eyes as I glanced round me.
Then he lay quiet for a little, and then, pulling out a stick of tobacco, begged me to cut him a quid.
More book examples (3)
“I only ask one thing,” said Bigrenaille, “and that is, that I may not be denied tobacco while I am in confinement.”
Terence smoked and Arthur smoked and Evelyn smoked, so that the air was full of the mist and fragrance of good tobacco.
The smoke of his cheap tobacco drifted into the faces of the group at the adjoining table, and Marcus strangled and coughed.