Ashtray

/ˈæʃˌtreɪ/ noun

A dish or container used to catch ash from cigarettes and cigars.

Compound word from 'ash' (remains of burned matter) and 'tray' (a flat container); ash from Old English 'asce', tray from Old Norse 'treyja'—a genuinely modern compound from the smoking era.

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