noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
glass
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An old straight-sided glass ashtray fitted the bill.
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She brought the square glass ashtray with the name Oglethorpe College-I 898 closer to tier.
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Susan Gutfreund ordered a box of glass ashtrays with the design of our future palace etched into the bottoms.
■ VERB
empty
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She came up with a routine for visiting the tables, and even managed to empty a few ashtrays .
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There were waiters everywhere, coming and going all during the meal, emptying ashtrays , filling our glasses of water.
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For example, if he had to smoke in her flat, he could at least have the decency to empty the ashtray .
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Duncan was coming closer with the brush and a big bucket, emptying ashtrays and mopping things.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He notices, on the outer surface of the ashtray , a diagram of the shifting pattern of the four-speed transmission.
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I've broken all the ugly ashtrays and pots.
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I came over to give him a hug and noticed a cigarette still burning in the ashtray on the desk.
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Now, though the office air is clean, the butt-crammed ashtray outside testifies that smoking is far from stubbed out.
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She brought the square glass ashtray with the name Oglethorpe College-I 898 closer to tier.
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She came up with a routine for visiting the tables, and even managed to empty a few ashtrays.
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She is the woman with the lapis-lazuli ashtray in her all-white bathroom.