incense stick

noun

A thin stick covered with incense that burns slowly and gives off fragrant smoke when set alight.

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Meanings

nounincense stick (plural incense sticks)

plural incense sticks

  1. A thin stick covered with incense that burns slowly and gives off fragrant smoke when set alight.

    For instance, Hawkins, Lewis, Hankin and Sengupta all cover the word agarbatti, an incense stick or joss stick, but there is no way of knowing when this term was first used in Indian English, nor whether it is now current or obsolete.

    2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 300

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 線香 /线香
  • 線香 /线香 (xiànxiāng)A thin stick covered in incense
German Räucherstäbchen
  • RäucherstäbchenA thin stick covered in incense
Hindi अगरबत्ती
  • अगरबत्ती (agarbattī)A thin stick covered in incense
Polish kadzidełko
  • kadzidełkoA thin stick covered in incense
Cite this entry
APA

incense stick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incense%20stick

MLA

“incense stick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incense%20stick. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incense stick,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incense%20stick.

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