Associations to the word «fireworks»

Wiktionary

FIREWORK, 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.
FIREWORK NIGHT, proper noun. (UK) Alternative term for Guy Fawkes Night.

Dictionary definition

FIREWORK, noun. (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc..

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope