ashtray

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ash·tray /ˈæʃtreɪ/ noun [countable]   DFTa small dish where you put used cigarettes 烟灰缸，烟灰碟 →4  See picture of 见图 TRAY →5 see picture at 见图 tray

Examples from the Corpus

ashtray• Now, though the office air is clean, the butt-crammed ashtray outside testifies that smoking is far from stubbed out.• She came up with a routine for visiting the tables, and even managed to empty a few ashtrays.• She brought the square glass ashtray with the name Oglethorpe College-I 898 closer to tier.• She is the woman with the lapis-lazuli ashtray in her all-white bathroom.• I came over to give him a hug and noticed a cigarette still burning in the ashtray on the desk.• He notices, on the outer surface of the ashtray, a diagram of the shifting pattern of the four-speed transmission.• I've broken all the ugly ashtrays and pots.

ash·tray nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus a put cigarettes dish small used you where

ashtray
ash‧tray /ˈæʃtreɪ/ noun [countable]

a small dish where you put used cigarettes

ash·trayBrE /ˈæʃtreɪ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈæʃtreɪ/ 🔊 nouna container into which people who smoke put ash, cigarette ends, etc. 烟灰缸