tobacco

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

to·bacco [tobacco tobaccos] BrE [təˈbækəʊ] NAmE [təˈbækoʊ] noun uncountable, countable (pl. to·baccos)
the dried leaves of the tobacco plant that are used for making cigarettes, smoking in a pipe or chewing
•tobacco smoke
•The government imposed a ban on tobacco advertising (= the advertising of cigarettes and all other forms of ↑tobacco ).
•Several different tobaccos are grown on the land.

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: from Spanish tabaco; said to be from a Carib word denoting a tobacco pipe or from a Taino word for a primitive cigar, but perhaps from Arabic.

Example Bank:
•The air was thick with tobacco smoke.
•The ban on cigarette advertising will upset the tobacco lobby.
•a multi-billion-dollar tobacco settlement
•the ban on tobacco advertising

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  tobacco plant, baccy