especially: a mechanical or electrical device used for lighting cigarettes, cigars, or pipes
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Noun
The company’s new commercial features Willie Nelson, Martha Stewart, and Snoop Dogg chatting over Zoom about the benefits of BIC lighters, which are the best at lighting … candles.—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2024 Fifty thousand King penguins, their bright orange necks and beaks glistening like raised lighters at a music festival, filled the horizon, only giving way to grassy hills and soaring mountains.—Sebastian Modak, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 June 2023 Also inside: canisters of butane, a highly flammable and explosive substance used as fuel for camping stoves, torches and cigarette lighters.—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024 The eight-member troupe utilize lighters, hubcaps, paint cans and tires to make beautiful sounds.—John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for lighter
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Middle Dutch *lichter, from lichten to unload; akin to Old English lēoht light in weight
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