Tobacco is dried leaves which people smoke in pipes, cigars, and cigarettes. You can also refer to pipes, cigars, and cigarettes as a whole as tobacco.
Try to do without tobacco and alcohol.
I believe it is time to ban tobacco advertising altogether.
2. uncountable noun
Tobacco is the plant from which tobacco is obtained.
tobacco in British English
(təˈbækəʊ)
nounWord forms: plural-cos or -coes
1.
any of numerous solanaceous plants of the genus Nicotiana, having mildly narcotic properties, tapering hairy leaves, and tubular or funnel-shaped fragrant flowers. The species N. tabacum is cultivated as the chief source of commercial tobacco
2.
the leaves of certain of these plants dried and prepared for snuff, chewing, or smoking
Derived forms
tobaccoless (toˈbaccoless)
adjective
Word origin
C16: from Spanish tabaco, perhaps from Taino: leaves rolled for smoking, assumed by the Spanish to be the nameof the plant
tobacco in American English
(təˈbækoʊ)
nounWord forms: pluraltoˈbaccos
1.
any of a genus (Nicotiana) of chiefly tropical American plants of the nightshade family, with hairy, sticky foliage and long-tubed, white, yellow, greenish, or purple flowers; esp., the species (N. tabacum) now widely cultivated for its leaves
2.
the leaves of certain of these plants, prepared for smoking, chewing, or snuffing
3.
products prepared from these leaves; cigars, cigarettes, snuff, etc.
4.
the use of tobacco for smoking, etc.
Word origin
Sp tabaco < ?; perhaps an old Sp name transferred to the New World plant
The ban on tobacco advertising displays hit sales at its small corner shops.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But let's say that we do give up salt and tobacco and alcohol.
The Sun (2016)
The former Bond star said he was not aware similar goods are a form of chewing tobacco.
The Sun (2016)
Liquid Spice is sprayed on the pictures so lags can tear off dried pieces and smoke it with tobacco.
The Sun (2016)
That's more than the Colorado taxman makes from alcohol and tobacco combined.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Our hospitals would be much quieter if it weren't for alcohol, tobacco and obesity.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Sharing the stage with representatives from tobacco giants, the men discussed how e-cigarettes were the future of nicotine consumption.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Stronger sterling would unwind some of the gains enjoyed by the likes of drug companies, tobacco firms and booze giant Diageo.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Its demise is often predicted - most recently it was hit by a ban on displaying tobacco products - but somehow it soldiers on.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The prospect of big tobacco firms making money from the health service is likely to cause unease.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It was a place people would come to get chewing tobacco and stuff like that.
Christianity Today (2000)
The tobacco giant is cutting the regions it covers from five to four.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Tobacco and alcohol are the main risk factors.
The Sun (2013)
The drink and the tobacco had made me giddy.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The virus shown in this illustration causes mosaic disease in tobacco plants.
Schneider, Hermann & Schneider, Leo The Harper Dictionary of Science in Everyday Language (1988)
When they came back from the funeral there was the long pipes and tobacco.
Max Arthur Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who WereThere (2006)
Tobacco smoke also seeps out from under cells doors that are shut.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Tobacco smoke can decrease the number of negative ions in the air.
Martlew, Gillian & Silver, Shelley Stay Well This Winter (1989)
Successive governments have already banned tobacco advertising and forced through the introduction of picture warnings on packets.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Just like it does with alcohol and tobacco.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Drink and tobacco companies sponsor the sports and arts.
The Sun (2010)
Tobacco companies are also entering the fray in a bid to offset declining cigarette sales.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Electronic cigarettes provide smokers with the nicotine they seek without the deadly toxins delivered by smoking tobacco.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It can help withdrawal symptoms from both tobacco and alcohol.
Shreeve, Caroline (Dr.) How to Lower High Blood Pressure (1994)
BRITAIN'S tobacco giants have declared war over government plans to force shopkeepers to sell cigarettes from under the counter.
The Sun (2010)
Experiments were conducted on tobacco plants.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The existing bans on tobacco advertising and on smoking in public places were reinforced last year by a display ban in shops.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
To protect its profits, the industry uses similar tactics to the old tobacco firms.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Judges dismissed challenges to the measures from Poland and tobacco firms.
The Sun (2016)
The Hangover star has quit tobacco chewing but it sounds like he could take up the habit again.
The Sun (2011)
Critics fear that a ban on being able to display or advertise tobacco products in stores will force many smaller shops out of business.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In America, lawyers who have successfully sued the tobacco giants are turning their attention to food suppliers.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In other languages
tobacco
British English: tobacco /təˈbækəʊ/ NOUN
Tobacco is the dried leaves of a plant which people smoke in pipes, cigars, and cigarettes.
American English: tobacco
Arabic: تِبْغ
Brazilian Portuguese: tabaco
Chinese: 烟草
Croatian: duhan
Czech: tabák
Danish: tobak
Dutch: tabak
European Spanish: tabaco
Finnish: tupakka
French: tabac
German: Tabak
Greek: καπνός ταμπάκο
Italian: tabacco
Japanese: タバコ
Korean: 담배
Norwegian: tobakk
Polish: tytoń
European Portuguese: tabaco
Romanian: tutun
Russian: табак
Latin American Spanish: tabaco
Swedish: tobak
Thai: ต้นยาสูบ
Turkish: tütün
Ukrainian: тютюн
Vietnamese: cây thuốc lá
All related terms of 'tobacco'
cut tobacco
tobacco cut into thin shreds as used in cigarettes , often for pipes and for rolling
tobacco jar
a container formerly used for storing tobacco and keeping it fresh
leaf tobacco
tobacco in leaf form
pipe tobacco
tobacco suitable for use in a tobacco pipe
tobacco leaf
the leaves of the tobacco plant, used for the production of cigarettes and tobacco
tobacco plant
any of numerous solanaceous plants of the genus Nicotiana , having mildly narcotic properties, tapering hairy leaves, and tubular or funnel-shaped fragrant flowers. The species N. tabacum is cultivated as the chief source of commercial tobacco
tobacco pouch
a pouch for carrying pipe tobacco
chewing tobacco
tobacco , in the form of a plug , usually flavored, for chewing rather than smoking
Indian tobacco
a poisonous North American campanulaceous plant, Lobelia inflata, with small pale blue flowers and rounded inflated seed capsules
rolled tobacco
loose tobacco that is rolled into cigarettes
tobacco mosaic
a disease of the nightshade family of plants, particularly tobacco and tomato , caused by the tobacco mosaic virus and characterized by mottled leaves and yellowed, necrotic plants
tobacco planter
a tool that was formerly used by tobacco farmers to plant tobacco with
Turkish tobacco
a fragrant dark tobacco cultivated in E Europe , esp Turkey and Greece
flowering tobacco
any plant belonging to the genus Nicotiana , of the nightshade family, as N. alata and N. sylvestris , having clusters of fragrant flowers that usually bloom at night, grown as an ornamental
smokeless tobacco
snuff 1 (sense 9 )
tobacco hornworm
a hawk moth ( Manduca sexta ) whose large, green caterpillar feeds on the leaves of tobacco plants
tobacco industry
an industry that manufactures and sells products containing tobacco
tobacco products
A product is something that is produced and sold in large quantities, often as a result of a manufacturing process.
Virginia tobacco
a type of flue-cured tobacco grown originally in Virginia
straight-cut tobacco
tobacco that is cut in such a way that it will lie flat .
tobacco mosaic virus
the virus that causes mosaic disease in tobacco and related plants: its discovery in 1892 provided the first evidence of the existence of viruses
TMV
tobacco mosaic virus
Chinese translation of 'tobacco'
tobacco
(təˈbækəu)
n(u)
烟(煙)草 (yāncǎo)
subject word lists
See Tobacco typesSee Types of cigar and cigaretteSee PipesSee General smoking terms
