FIREWORKS

Etymology

Noun

fireworks

plural of firework.

Noun

fireworks pl (plural only)

(plural only) An event or a display where fireworks are set off.

(plural only, figuratively) A boisterous or violent event or situation.

Synonyms

• pyrotechnics

Source: Wiktionary

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.

Definition: A pyrotechnic exhibition. [Obs. in the sing.] Night before last, the Duke of Richmond gave a firework. Walpole.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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