cigar

noun

ci·​gar si-ˈgär 

: a small roll of tobacco leaf for smoking

Examples of cigar in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One of the villain’s henchmen was a small, shaggy blue creature with a long drooping snout and a sour expression that lived in a cigar box. — Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026

The hotel underwent a $75 million renovation in 2015, which added a cinema, cigar room, kids’ playroom, billiard room, and wine cellars to the already-luxurious 82-room property. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026

The celebration on Sunday was less subdued with players dousing each other in beer and sparkling wine and cigar smoke in the air in the visitors' clubhouse. — CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

By the early 1990s, the cafe expanded by adding a kitchen in the early 1990s, moved operations into an adjacent building and expanded the store, which carries international newspapers and cigars. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Spanish cigarro

First Known Use

1730, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing cigar

• close, but no cigar

Rhymes for cigar

• adar
• afar
• ajar
• alar
• alvar
• bazaar
• bizarre
• boxcar
• boyar
• bulbar
• cachar
• crossbar

Kids Definition

cigar

noun

ci·​gar sig-ˈär 

: a roll of tobacco leaf for smoking