filter tip

filter tip

noun
1.
a mouthpiece for a cigarette or cigar having a means of filtering the smoke.
2.
a cigarette or cigar having such a mouthpiece.

Origin:
1930–35

fil·ter-tipped, adjective
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filter tip
 
n
1.  an attachment to the mouth end of a cigarette for trapping impurities such as tar during smoking. It consists of any of various dense porous substances, such as cotton
2.  a cigarette having such an attachment
 
'filter-tipped
 
adj

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