Usually means: Incense stick used in rituals.
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  1. joss stick: Merriam-Webster
  2. joss stick: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. joss stick: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. joss stick: Collins English Dictionary
  5. joss stick: Vocabulary.com
  6. joss stick: Wordnik
  7. joss stick: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. joss-stick, joss stick: Wiktionary
  9. joss stick: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. joss stick: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Joss stick, joss stick: Dictionary.com
  12. Joss stick: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. joss stick: Rhymezone
  14. joss stick: FreeDictionary.org
  15. joss stick: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. joss stick: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. joss stick: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (joss stick)

▸ noun:  A stick of incense, especially (Taoism, Buddhism, etc.) those burned as an offering before a Chinese shrine.

Similar:
joss-stick, jostick, incense stick, canstick, stick, gum stick, stinky stick, firestick, death stick, chewing stick, more...

Opposite:
blow out, extinguish, put out

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Similar:
joss-stick, jostick, incense stick, canstick, stick, gum stick, stinky stick, firestick, death stick, chewing stick, more...

Opposite:
blow out, extinguish, put out



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