: a large usually flat-bottomed barge used especially in unloading or loading ships
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Stepheny Price , Lorraine Taylor, FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
The violations involved a water heater and gas log lighters installed in three fireplaces, the sheriff's office said.
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Cannabis Supplies Another option is to gift your friends cute cannabis supplies like papers, cones, lighters and matches.
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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.
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Noun
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said Johnson then went behind the counter and stole cigarettes, lighters and cash from the register before dumping the lighter fluid on Harris and setting her on fire before exiting the store.
—Stepheny Price , Lorraine Taylor, FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
The violations involved a water heater and gas log lighters installed in three fireplaces, the sheriff's office said.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 4 Mar. 2025
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
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“Lighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lighter. Accessed 29 May. 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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