Usually means: Explosive device creating visual spectacle.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. firework: Merriam-Webster
  2. firework: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. firework: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. firework: Collins English Dictionary
  5. firework: Vocabulary.com
  6. Firework, firework: Wordnik
  7. firework: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. firework: Wiktionary
  9. firework: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Firework, firework: Dictionary.com
  11. Firework (Katy Perry song), Firework (song), Firework: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Firework: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. firework: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. firework: Rhymezone
  15. Firework: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. firework: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. firework: FreeDictionary.org
  18. firework: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. firework: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. firework: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. firework: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Firework: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  A device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket high into the sky before exploding, used for entertainment or celebration.

Similar:
pyrotechnics, light, gerb, mine, airbomb, skyrocket, lancework, firecracker, pyrotechny, fireworks night, more...

Opposite:
dud, letdown, disappointment, flop, failure

Types:
rocket, mortar, shell, mine, cylinder, cone, fountain, romcandle, more...

Phrases:
firework display, firework component, firework spark, revolving firework, more...

Adjectives:
great, artificial, brilliant, last, magnificent, beautiful, grand, small, damp, little, mere



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Similar:
pyrotechnics, light, gerb, mine, airbomb, skyrocket, lancework, firecracker, pyrotechny, fireworks night, more...

Opposite:
dud, letdown, disappointment, flop, failure

Types:
rocket, mortar, shell, mine, cylinder, cone, fountain, romcandle, more...

Phrases:
firework display, firework component, firework spark, revolving firework, more...

Adjectives:
great, artificial, brilliant, last, magnificent, beautiful, grand, small, damp, little, mere



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