especially: a mechanical or electrical device used for lighting cigarettes, cigars, or pipes
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Keep candles separate from matches or lighters so children don't easily light them.—Staff Author, Verywell Health, 29 Sep. 2025 The bargaining unit would include 75 artists and animation workers across film and television including character effects artists, animators, technical directors, lighters, visual development artists, modelers, production coordinators, supervisors and more.—Katie Campione, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025 Like roll-up windows and cigarette lighters, manual transmissions are a dying breed among new vehicles.—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 Others are banned entirely, including strike anywhere matches, torch lighters, and flammable aerosols like spray paint.—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lighter
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Noun (1)
Middle English, from Middle Dutch *lichter, from lichten to unload; akin to Old English lēoht light in weight
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