ashtray

[US]/'æʃtreɪ/
[UK]/'æʃtre/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a container used for discarding cigarette butts and ashes.

Example Sentences

an ashtray full of cigarette ends.

the ashtray was crammed with cigarette butts.

the ashtray by the bed was crammed with cigarette butts.

a nifty bit of sleight of hand got the ashtray into the correct position.

filched an ashtray from the restaurant;

He flicked ash into the ashtray.

He knocked out his pipe in the big glass ashtray.

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