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lighter1 definition

lighter (līt′ər)

noun

a person or thing, as a mechanical or electrical device, that lights something or starts it burning a cigarette lighter; charcoal lighter
lighter2 definition

lighter (līt′ər)

noun

a large, open barge used chiefly to load or unload ships anchored in a harbor

Etymology: LME < MDu lichter < lichten, to make light, unload < licht, light

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to transport (goods) in a lighter

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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