TOUCHPAPER

Meaning of TOUCHPAPER in English

/ ˈtʌtʃpeɪpə(r); NAmE / noun

a piece of paper that burns slowly, that you light in order to start a firework burning

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

TOUCHPAPER — n. paper soaked in saltpeter that is lit to to start firework
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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 — 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