Definition

1. Noun:
   • A roll of tobacco leaves for smoking: A cigar is a tightly rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco leaves, designed to be smoked. Unlike cigarettes, cigars are typically not inhaled deeply into the lungs but the smoke is savored in the mouth.

Usage

• Cigars are often associated with celebration, relaxation, or ceremony.
• They are typically larger and more expensive than cigarettes and are not meant for frequent, casual consumption.
• The word "cigar" refers to the whole product. Do not use it to refer to a single part, like the tobacco inside.

Examples

• Noun:
  • He lit a cigar to celebrate the birth of his son.
  • The aroma of a fine cigar filled the study.
  • She prefers the taste of a cigar to that of a cigarette.

Advanced Usage

• "Close, but no cigar": An idiom meaning nearly successful but not quite; almost but not exactly right.
  • You guessed the number 99? The answer was 100. Close, but no cigar!

Variants and Related Words

• Cigarillo (n): A small, narrow cigar, similar in size to a cigarette but made of tobacco leaf.
  • He smoked a cigarillo after dinner.
• Cigar cutter (n): A tool used to cut the closed end (cap) of a cigar before smoking.
• Cigar box (n): A container, often wooden, for storing cigars.

Synonyms

• Stogie (n, informal): Another term for a cigar, especially a long, thin, inexpensive one.
• Cheroot (n): A cigar with both ends open and cut square.

Antonyms

• Cigarette (n): A small roll of finely cut tobacco enclosed in thin paper for smoking.
• Pipe (n): A device with a bowl for burning tobacco, from which the smoke is drawn through a stem to the mouth.

Related Phrases

• To smoke a cigar: The standard verb phrase for the action.
  • They sat on the porch to smoke a cigar.
• Cigar smoke: Refers to the smoke produced.
  • Cigar smoke lingered in the air.
• Cigar ash: The gray powder left after burning.
  • He tapped the cigar ash into the ashtray.

Noun

1. a roll of tobacco for smoking