tobacco
/təˈbækoʊ/
nounverb
Any plant of the genus Nicotiana.
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Noun 3 meanings
Any plant of the genus Nicotiana.
Leaves of Nicotiana tabacum and some other species cultivated and harvested to make cigarettes, cigars, snuff, for smoking in pipes or for chewing.
A variety of tobacco.
“Tobaccos from the Connecticut Valley were used for wrapping cigars.”
Verb 2 meanings
To indulge in tobacco; to smoke.
To treat with tobacco.
Where it comes from
Etymology
Attested since 1588, borrowed from Spanish tabaco.
TOBACCO at a glance
TOBACCO has 7 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (T 1 + O 1 + B 3 + A 1 + C 3 + C 3 + O 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,184 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with tobacco
All rhymes- MOROCCO13
- STUCCO10
- PROSECCO14
- ECCO8
- SIROCCO11
- SCIROCCO14
- RECCO9
- SECCO9
- COCCO11
- BACCO11
- BAROCCO13
- ANTITOBACCO17
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