firework

Definition of firework

fire´work` Pronunciation: fīr´wûrk`

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; also called a pyrotechnic device. 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 art of designing fireworks for purposes of entertainment is called pyrotechnics. The name firework is also given to various combustible preparations used in war.
	2.	A pyrotechnic exhibition; an entertainment consisting of the discharge of fireworks{1}. Night before last, the Duke of Richmond gave a firework. - Walpole.

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