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ashtray

small, shallow, usually portable receptacle for ash and butts from cigarettes and cigars
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ashtray

Summary

ashtray ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (325 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • ashtray is the creator of Carlo Scarpa[2].
  • ashtray is a type of waste container[3].
  • ashtray's Commons category is recorded as Ashtrays[4].
  • ashtray's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ashtrays[5].
  • ashtray's Commons gallery is recorded as Ashtray[6].
  • ashtray's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as ashtray=yes[7].
  • ashtray's partially coincident with is recorded as cigarette receptacle[8].

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Definition and Type

ashtray is a type of waste container[3].

Why It Matters

ashtray ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (325 views/month).[1] ashtray has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] ashtray is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . moma.org. moma.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ashtray_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{ashtray}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ashtray}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Q139907171
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007544417005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
  2. 8d ago · Raimundo Pastor · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Q8205328
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q8205328]]"
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