lighter
pronunciation
How to pronounce lighter in British English:
UK [ˈlaɪtə(r)]
How to pronounce lighter in American English:
US [ˈlaɪtɚ]
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- Noun:
- a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire
- a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires
- a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
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- Verb:
- transport in a flatbottom boat
Word Origin
- lighter (n.1)
- "barge," late 15c., agent noun from light (adj.1), with a sense of lightening a load, or else from Dutch lichter, from lichten "to lighten, unload," on the same notion. They are used in loading or unloading ships that cannot approach a wharf.
- lighter (n.2)
- "person who lights," 1550s, agent noun from light (v.2).
Example
- 1. What the audience thinks is a lighter is really a tiny flashlight .
- 2. Addictedto butane lighter gas , nobby bicycles around to different areas andshops to buy his supplies .
- 3. I thought she 'd hang up , but I heard the click of a lighter and smoke rushing in through lips .
- 4. Close your forefinger to grasp the bottom edge of the lighter against the bottom edge of the cap , as pictured above .
- 5. A further search of the wreckage turned up a bottle of turpentine , as well as a quart of lighter fluid , though turner denied owning either .