e-cigarettenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈiːˌsɪɡ.ər.et//ˈiːˌsɪɡ.ə.ret/an electronic device that looks like a cigarette and allows someone to breathe in nicotine (= the drug found in tobacco) using vapour (= gas from heated water) rather than smoke, so there is no tar (= the harmful black substance produced when tobacco burns)
See also
vape
vaping
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Tobacco & smoking
- baccy
- butt
- cigar
- cigarette butt
- cigarette paper
- fag
- light (sth) up
- nicotine
- nicotine patch
- non-smoker
- non-smoking
- pipe
- roll-your-own
- second-hand smoke
- smoke
- smoker
- smoking
- snuffbox
- stub
- tobacconist
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