ashtray

[ ash-trey ]

noun

1. a receptacle for tobacco ashes of smokers.

ashtray

/ ˈæʃˌtreɪ /

noun

1. a receptacle for tobacco ash, cigarette butts, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of ashtray¹

First recorded in 1885–90; ash ¹ + tray ¹

Example Sentences

“We were drenched in sweat the entire time. There was never enough sweat for Tim. The lived-in clothing, the ashtrays — it all creates a physical reality.”

From Los Angeles Times

"Also, the east/west coast beef was mainly ignited by jealousy. It was an ashtray fire fanned into a big deal by media outlets that led to Biggie and Tupac getting killed."

From BBC

Her right hand gripped the edge of a coffee table strewn with clutter: two lighters, a can of Coca-Cola, an ashtray containing three cigarette butts, a bulbous glass pipe, a small plastic bag.

From Los Angeles Times

“We just have to police the regulations. We can’t have ashtrays on dining tables, for example.”

From BBC

The perennially under-construction compound, with its “oleander … and old milk cartons … R. Crumb comics, empty tea and coffee mugs, and ashtrays,” was often inhabited, Moon writes, by naked strangers “cavorting or making candles.”

From Los Angeles Times