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Firework
Firework Fire"work`, n.
1. A device for producing a striking display of light, or a
figure or figures in plain or colored fire, by the
combustion of materials that burn in some peculiar manner,
as gunpowder, sulphur, metallic filings, and various
salts. The most common feature of fireworks is a paper or
pasteboard tube filled with the combustible material. A
number of these tubes or cases are often combined so as to
make, when kindled, a great variety of figures in fire,
often variously colored. The skyrocket is a common form of
firework. The name is also given to various combustible
preparations used in war.
2. pl. A pyrotechnic exhibition. [Obs. in the sing.]
Night before last, the Duke of Richmond gave a
firework. --Walpole.
Meaning of Firework from wikipedia
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sparkling shapes,
often variously colored. A
skyrocket is a
common form of
firework,
although the
first skyrockets were used in warfare. The
aerial s****,...
- "
Firework" is a song by
American singer Katy
Perry from her
third studio album,
Teenage Dream (2010).
Perry co-wrote the song with
Ester Dean and the song's...
- Lieutenant-
fireworker was an
officer rank in the
British Royal Artillery,
ranking below second lieutenant.
After the
first lieutenant and
second lieutenant...
- A
rocket is a
pyrotechnic firework made out of a
paper tube
packed with
gunpowder that is
propelled into the air.
Types of
rockets include the skyrockets...
- The
Catherine wheel or
pinwheel is a type of
firework consisting either of a powder-filled
spiral tube, or an
angled rocket mounted with a pin through...
- Children's
literature portal The
Firework-Maker's
Daughter is a children's
novella by
Philip Pullman. It was
first published in the
United Kingdom by Doubleday...
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explosive pyrotechnic devices used for
aesthetic and
entertainment purposes.
Firework(s) may also
refer to:
Fireworks (1947 film), a film by
Kenneth Anger Fireworks...
- A cake
firework, also
known as a
multiple tube device, is a
firework comprising a
series of
Roman candles,
small aerial s****, or a
combination of both...
- A
watusi is a type of
Christmas firework that is po****r in the Philippines. Its
ingredients are
yellow phosphorus, pot****ium chlorate, pot****ium nitrate...
- dB at 15
metres cannot be sold to the public. It is not
illegal for a
firework to be set off at less than the
minimum safely viewable distance; however...
