- fireworks
- I(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)n. pl. pyrotechnics; fire-crackers, sparklers, Roman candles, rockets, etc. See heat.II(Roget's IV) pl.n.Syn. pyrotechnics, rockets, Roman candles, sparklers, Catherine wheels, pinwheels, skyrockets, girandoles, squibs, firecrackers, cherry bombs, illuminations, feux d'artifice (French).III(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.pyrotechnics, incendiary devices, rockets, feux d'artifice.WORD FIND• arsenic sulfide used in: realgar• child’s spark-maker: sparkler• hisses and sputters: fizgig, squib• pinwheellike: catherine wheel• rotating display: girandole• small rockets: bottle rockets• spiral, rises in a: tourbillion• star: star shell• tube ejecting balls of fire: Roman candle
English dictionary for students. 2013.