Spittoon

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A bowl-shaped, usually metal vessel, often with a funnel-shaped cover, into which tobacco chewers periodically spit.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a receptacle for spit.
  • n. the absorbent pad an ink cartridge rests on in an inkjet printer.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A spitbox; a cuspidor.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A vessel for receiving what is spit from the mouth; especially, a round vessel of metal, earthenware, or porcelain, made in the form of a funnel at the top, and having a bowl-shaped compartment beneath, which may be partly filled with water; a cuspidor.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a receptacle for spit (usually in a public place)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    receptacle   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    spitbox    cuspidor    spitter   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    matchbox    cigar-box    cuspidor    lightswitch    trysail   
     
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