Meaning & use
lighter
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A small handheld device that produces a flame, typically used to light cigarettes, candles, or fires.
See it in a sentence
He flicked the lighter twice before the flame finally caught.
She kept a spare lighter in her camping bag for emergencies.
A note on using this word
Lighter is also the comparative form of the adjective light, and separately refers to a flat-bottomed barge used to ferry cargo between ship and shore.
Another way to use it
2. noun
A flat-bottomed barge used to transfer cargo between a ship and the shore.
Workers loaded crates onto the lighter to ferry them to the docked freighter.
3. adjective
Less heavy; weighing less than something else (comparative of light).
This backpack is much lighter than my old one.
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