TOUCHPAPER

Meaning of TOUCHPAPER in English

n. paper soaked in saltpeter that is lit to to start firework

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

TOUCHPAPER — ■ noun a strip of paper impregnated with nitre, for setting light to fireworks or gunpowder.
Concise Oxford English vocab
TOUCHPAPER — touchpaper BrE AmE ˈtʌtʃ ˌpeɪp ə AmE \ - ə r
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TOUCHPAPER — / ˈtʌtʃpeɪpə(r); NAmE / noun a piece of paper that burns slowly, that you light in order to start a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOUCHPAPER — touch ‧ pa ‧ per /ˈtʌtʃˌpeɪpə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] British English a piece of special paper that …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOUCHPAPER — see touch paper
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOUCHPAPER — see touch paper
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TOUCHPAPER — [noun] [C] - a small piece of paper on one end of a firework, which you light in order to …
Cambridge English vocab
TOUCH PAPER — also touchpaper If someone lights the touch paper or lights the blue touch paper , they do something which causes …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOUCH PAPER — also touchpaper If someone lights the ~ or lights the blue ~, they do something which causes anger or excitement. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык

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