noun
cheroot
shuh-ROOT/ʃəˈruːt/
A cigar with both ends cut square.
The unlit cheroot has a flat cut at each end.
Etymology
The probable connection with Tamil “roll” evokes rolled tobacco. The name originally referred to cigars from southern India or Manila, then narrowed to a cigar distinguished by its flat-cut ends.
In context
the latter smoking a cheroot
More examples
- He sets the unlit cheroot beside the ashtray.
- A wooden box contains several cheroots.
- The novelist describes the officer's short cheroot.
Forms
cheroot · cheroots
Similar words
- cigar
- Cigar is the broader category; a cheroot has both ends cut square.