Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lighter \Light"er\ (l[imac]t"[~e]r), n. One who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps.
cigarette lighter A small portable device which produces a flame when a button is pushed, carried on the person to allow one to light cigarettes conveniently, and taking the place of a match. It may have a reservoir of liquid fuel conveyed by a wick, or may contain compressed butane as the fuel.
Wiktionary
n. A small, handheld device for creating fire, especially for lighting cigarettes.
WordNet
n. a lighter for cigars or cigarettes [syn: cigar lighter, pocket lighter]
Wikipedia
Cigarette lighter:
- Cigarette lighter receptacle, in-car electric socket.
- Lighter, a portable device used to create a flame.
Usage examples of "cigarette lighter".
Komanov had heard artillery fire before, and seen what the shells do at the far end, but this was as different from that as an exploding oil tank was from a cigarette lighter.
His fingers reached into his pocket and he took out AMG's letter that gave the numbers of the special pages spread throughout the files, then a flashlight, scissors and a butane Dunhill cigarette lighter that Penelope had given him when he still smoked.
That tool, that thing that looks like a cigarette lighter, belongs to one of the Grail Brotherhood, I am sure.
Suddenly he heard a sound that jerked him rudely out of these memories - the snap of her cigarette lighter.
He brought up the nasty little matter of the SEAL pin, heated by the flame from a cigarette lighter and used to burn a mark onto the bodies of the last two victims.
You know, when I was here before, I think I left my cigarette lighter.
The cigarette lighter had become a torch, and his insides were burning.
He sat in his car and fiddled with his beautiful Dunhill cigarette lighter and tried to decide how to confront her, confront them, what he could say without appearing like the biggest loser and asshole in existence.