: a receptacle for tobacco ashes and for cigar and cigarette butts
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebIn addition to the posters, the show includes such amusing ephemera as playing cards with anti-religious images and an ashtray in the shape of an Orthodox priest. Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022 McClellan was found asleep in his car at a gas station with a marijuana blunt in the ashtray and an empty liquor bottle in the passenger seat. Andrew Wimer, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 Ten Gifts to Entertain the Entertainer For the host who does the most, these fineries— whether a stylish set of playing cards, a glass ashtray, or a backgammon board —will add polish and panache to his next gathering. Ian Malone, Vogue, 1 June 2022 The coffee forever on brew; the cigarettes overflowing in the ashtray. Lisa Bubert, Longreads, 30 May 2017 The ashtray weighed ten pounds, and was thrown at long time Miramax senior executive, Mark Gill. Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2022 But much like today’s luxe minor league stadiums are vast improvements from those giant-concrete-ashtray ‘80s stadiums, the food’s advanced significantly since the Jose Canseco era too. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 22 June 2022 But there is also the rotary dial/selector in the center console, with handwriting recognition built into its shallow, dished surface, like a glass ashtray. Dan Neil, WSJ, 17 June 2022 There was also a roach in the center console ashtray. John Benson, cleveland, 24 May 2022 See More