: a large usually flat-bottomed barge used especially in unloading or loading ships
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Emily Earlenbaugh, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Authorities at the prison discovered a box containing suboxone, marijuana, a scalpel, a phone charger, cigarettes, and lighters left outside of the facility and attached to a bedsheet hanging out of recreation room window.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 Mar. 2025
The other four red tags were for code enforcement violations – not involving gas leaks or carbon monoxide – involving a water heater and gas log lighters installed in three fireplaces.
—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
The proposed county ordinance would also create new limits on carrying fire-starting materials, such as lighters, and ban people from removing vegetation in riverbeds or canyons.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Cannabis Supplies Another option is to gift your friends cute cannabis supplies like papers, cones, lighters and matches.
—Emily Earlenbaugh, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Authorities at the prison discovered a box containing suboxone, marijuana, a scalpel, a phone charger, cigarettes, and lighters left outside of the facility and attached to a bedsheet hanging out of recreation room window.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 Mar. 2025
The other four red tags were for code enforcement violations – not involving gas leaks or carbon monoxide – involving a water heater and gas log lighters installed in three fireplaces.
—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
The proposed county ordinance would also create new limits on carrying fire-starting materials, such as lighters, and ban people from removing vegetation in riverbeds or canyons.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Lighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lighter. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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lighter
1 of 3 noun
ligh·ter
ˈlīt-ər 
: a large barge used especially in unloading or loading ships
lighter
2 of 3 verb
: to carry by a lighter
lighter
3 of 3 noun
light·er
ˈlīt-ər
: one that lights
especially
: a device for lighting
a cigarette lighter
Etymology
Noun
Middle English lighter "boat"; of Dutch origin
Noun
from 3light and -er
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