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COFFIN NAIL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking

Synonyms:

butt; cigaret; cigarette; coffin nail; fag

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("coffin nail" is a kind of...):

roll of tobacco; smoke (tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder)

Meronyms (parts of "coffin nail"):

cigarette butt (small part of a cigarette that is left after smoking)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coffin nail"):

cubeb; cubeb cigarette (a cigarette containing cubeb)

filter-tipped cigarette (a cigarette with a filter tip)

joint; marijuana cigarette; reefer; spliff; stick (marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking)

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