Definitions for lighter
ˈlaɪ tərlighter

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. igniter, ignitor, lighter(noun)

   a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire

2. lighter, light, igniter, ignitor(noun)

   a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires

   "do you have a light?"

3. barge, flatboat, hoy, lighter(verb)

   a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)

4. lighter(verb)

   transport in a flatbottom boat

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Lighter(noun)

   one who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps

2. Lighter(noun)

   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. Lighter(verb)

   to convey by a lighter, as to or from the shore; as, to lighter the cargo of a ship

Origin: [D. ligter, fr. ligt light. See Light not heavy.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Lighter

   A lighter is a portable device used to generate a flame. It consists of a metal or plastic container filled with a flammable fluid or pressurized liquid gas, a means of ignition, and some provision for extinguishing the flame.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. lighter

   A large, open, flat-bottomed boat, with heavy bearings, employed to carry goods to or from ships.--Ballast lighter. A vessel fitted up to raise ballast from the bottom of a harbour.--Covered or close lighter. One furnished with a deck throughout her whole length, in order to secure such merchandise as might be damaged by wet, and to prevent pillage.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. lighter

   A type of device and product created and designed in various colors, materials, mechanisms, shapes, sizes and styles.

   My sister smokes tobacco so she always carries a lighter.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 25, 2017  

Anagrams for lighter »

1. Relight

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   Alex

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lighter in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lighter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of lighter in a Sentence

1. Cato the Elder:

   Lighter is the wound foreseen.

2. Horace:

   Patience makes lighter What sorrow may not heal.

3. Giannis Antetokounmpo:

   It was really heavy, i thought it would be lighter.

4. Sammy Mwangi:

   I feel lighter when I share it. I feel it's not my burden.

5. Phillips Brooks:

   I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back.

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