tobacco
Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /təˈbækoʊ/ · UK /təˈbækəʊ/
tobacco means: Leaves prepared for smoking in cigarettes, cigars, or pipes, or for chewing.
noun
Leaves prepared for smoking in cigarettes, cigars, or pipes, or for chewing.
- He bought a packet of tobacco.
- She filled her pipe with tobacco.
- The shop no longer sells chewing tobacco.
A plant grown for leaves that are used in cigarettes and other smoking products.
- They grow tobacco on this farm.
- The tobacco plants need plenty of sunlight.
- Farmers harvested the tobacco before the weather changed.
Any plant in a group that includes plants grown for smoking leaves and plants grown for flowers.
- Flowering tobacco grows beside the garden wall.
- This wild tobacco has pale flowers.
- The botanist identified several species of tobacco.
Questions about tobacco
What does tobacco mean?
Leaves prepared for smoking in cigarettes, cigars, or pipes, or for chewing.
What is tobacco in other languages?
Türkçe: tütün · Español: tabaco · Français: tabac · Deutsch: Tabak · Italiano: tabacco · 日本語: たばこ
How do you pronounce tobacco?
In American English /təˈbækoʊ/; in British English /təˈbækəʊ/.
How do you use tobacco in a sentence?
He bought a packet of tobacco. She filled her pipe with tobacco.
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