What does lighter mean?

Definitions for lighter
ˈlaɪ tərlighter

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. igniter, ignitor, lighternoun

    a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire

  2. lighter, light, igniter, ignitornoun

    a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires

    "do you have a light?"

  3. barge, flatboat, hoy, lighterverb

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

  4. lighterverb

    transport in a flatbottom boat

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Lighternoun

    A heavy boat into which ships are lightened or unloaded.

    Etymology: from light, to make light.

    They have cock boats for passengers, and lighters for burthen. Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall.

    He climb’d a stranded lighter ’s height,
    Shot to the black abyss, and plung’d downright. Alexander Pope.

Wikipedia

  1. Lighter

    A lighter is a portable device which creates a flame, and can be used to ignite a variety of items, such as cigarettes, gas lighter, fireworks, candles or campfires. It consists of a metal or plastic container filled with a flammable liquid or compressed gas, a means of ignition to produce the flame, and some provision for extinguishing the flame. Alternatively, a lighter can be powered by electricity, using an electric arc or heating element to ignite the target.

ChatGPT

  1. LIGHTER

    A lighter typically refers to a portable device that produces a small flame or controlled ignition, usually used to ignite cigarettes, cigars, or other combustible materials. It is designed to provide a convenient source of fire for various purposes, often utilizing ignition mechanisms like friction, heat, or a spark to ignite a fuel source such as butane or fluid.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lighternoun

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

  2. Lighternoun

    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. Lighterverb

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

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

Wikidata

  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

  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.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. LIGHTER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lighter is ranked #77788 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Lighter surname appeared 246 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Lighter.

    79.2% or 195 total occurrences were White.
    14.6% or 36 total occurrences were Black.
    2% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    2% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Anagrams for lighter »

  1. rightle

  2. relight

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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. Lori Odegaard:

    I feel better, i walk lighter, I can sit easier, I can cross my legs. Those are non-scale victories…it’s stuff no one can take away from you and it feels amazing.

  2. John Paul Wilson:

    We found that men with darker skin and more stereotypically black facial features tended to be most likely to elicit biased size perceptions, even though they were actually no larger than men with lighter skin and less stereotypical facial features.

  3. Devon Willis:

    I remember that someone, from the direction of the mob, threw some mysterious fluid, and threw it at the direction of our feet, seemed like it might be some sort of lighter fluid and their strategy might be to burn us alive.

  4. John Stankey:

    One of the big benefits we can bring to the market is lighter ad loads.

  5. John Miller:

    An individual walking into an iconic location like St. Patrick's Cathedral carrying over four gallons of gasoline, two bottles of lighter fluid and lighters, is something we would have grave concern over.

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