filter tip

noun

a mouthpiece for a cigarette or cigar having a means of filtering the smoke.
a cigarette or cigar having such a mouthpiece.

Origin of filter tip

First recorded in 1930–35

OTHER WORDS FROM filter tip

fil·ter-tipped, adjective

Words nearby filter tip

filter feeding, filter out, filter paper, filter press, filter pump, filter tip, filterable, filterable virus, filtering operation, filth, filthy

British Dictionary definitions for filter tip

filter tip

noun

an attachment to the mouth end of a cigarette for trapping impurities such as tar during smoking. It consists of any of various dense porous substances, such as cotton
a cigarette having such an attachment

Derived forms of filter tip

filter-tipped, adjective