tobacco

Pluraltobaccos (some meanings), tobaccoes (some meanings)

Formstobaccos, tobaccoing, tobaccoed

1. 1
   noununcountable

   The dried leaves used to make cigarettes, cigars, and other things people smoke or chew.

   Like tea leaves, the leaves are dried before people use them.

   Farmers in the valley grow tobacco for the big cigarette companies.

   He rolled some tobacco into a thin paper to make a cigarette.

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   A leafy plant in the nightshade family, grown for its leaves or sometimes for its flowers.

   Like the potato, it belongs to the same family of plants.

   Tobacco grows well in warm, rich soil with plenty of sun.

   She planted rows of tobacco along the edge of the field.

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   A particular kind or type of tobacco, such as one grown in a certain place or way.

   Like apples, where Gala and Fuji are different kinds.

   Virginia is a popular tobacco used in many pipe blends.

   This tobacco has a sweet, mild taste compared to the others.

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4. 4
   verbintransitive

   To enjoy tobacco by smoking it, for example in a pipe, cigar, or cigarette.

   After dinner the men liked to tobacco by the fire.

   She stopped tobaccoing when her doctor warned her about her lungs.

   Similarsmoke

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5. 5
   verbtransitive

   To put tobacco on or into something as a treatment.

   The farmer tobaccoed the sheep to keep insects away.

   You can tobacco the wool to protect it from moths.

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