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 Definitions of Lighter  [ˈlaɪ tər]  

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Definition of 'Lighter' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) lighter
one that lights or ignites.

2.  lighter
a mechanical device used in lighting cigarettes, cigars, or pipes.

3. (n.) lighter
a large, open, flat-bottomed barge, used in lighterage.

4. (v.t.) lighter
to convey in or as if in a lighter.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME; see light3, -er1)

Definition of 'Lighter' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) igniter, ignitor, lighter
a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire

2. (noun) lighter, light, igniter, ignitor
a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires
"do you have a light?"

3. (verb) barge, flatboat, hoy, lighter
a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)

4. (verb) lighter
transport in a flatbottom boat


Definition of 'Lighter' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) lighter
a device that gives off a flame for lighting cigarettes, candles, etc.


Definition of 'Lighter' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Lighter
one who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps

2. (noun) Lighter
a large boat or barge, mainly used in unloading or loading vessels which can not reach the wharves at the place of shipment or delivery

3. (verb) Lighter
to convey by a lighter, as to or from the shore; as, to lighter the cargo of a ship


Translation of 'Lighter' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: something used for lighting (a cigarette etc).

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: aansteker Arabic flag Arabic: مِشْعَل، قَدّاحَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: запалка
Brazilian flag Brazilian: isqueiro Czech flag Czech: zapalovač German flag German: der Anzünder
Danish flag Danish: lighter Greek flag Greek: αναπτήρας Spanish flag Spanish: encendedor, mechero
Estonian flag Estonian: välgumihkel Farsi flag Farsi: فندک Finnish flag Finnish: sytytin
French flag French: briquet Hebrew flag Hebrew: מַצִית Hindi flag Hindi: जलाने में प्रयुक्त होने व
Croatian flag Croatian: upaljač Hungarian flag Hungarian: öngyújtó Indonesian flag Indonesian: korek api
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kveikjari Italian flag Italian: accendino Japanese flag Japanese: ライター
Korean flag Korean: 라이터 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: žiebtuvėlis, degtuvas Latvian flag Latvian: šķiltavas; deglis
Malay flag Malay: pemetik api Dutch flag Dutch: aansteker Norwegian flag Norwegian: (sigarett)tenner
Polish flag Polish: zapalniczka Persian flag Persian: وسيله روشن كننده آتش Pashto flag Pashto: لايټر،اور لګونكى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: isqueiro Romanian flag Romanian: brichetă Russian flag Russian: зажигалка
Slovak flag Slovak: zapaľovač Slovenian flag Slovenian: vžigalnik Serbian flag Serbian: upaljač
Swedish flag Swedish: tändare Thai flag Thai: ไฟแช็ค Turkish flag Turkish: çakmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 打火機 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: запальничка Urdu flag Urdu: آگ جلانے کا ایک آلہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cái bật lửa Chinese flag Chinese: 打火机

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