touch paper

noun

paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.

Origin of touch paper

First recorded in 1740–50

Words nearby touch paper

touchmark, touch-me-not, touch off, touch on, touchpad, touch paper, touch plate, touch-ready, touch rugby, touchscreen, touch-sensitive

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Example sentences from the Web for touch paper

William made some touch-paper, which he lighted with one of the glasses from the telescope, and they soon had a good fire.
Masterman Ready|Captain Frederick Marryat
Thus, if the ashes of a cigar be well rubbed into a bit of paper, they convert it into touch-paper.
The Art of Travel|Francis Galton
The appearance of the rocket is shown at fig. 36; the dotted line round the mouth shows the touch-paper.
The Pyrotechnist's Treasury|Thomas Kentish
The match is lit at t; but this may have a long bit of touch-paper attached to it, if preferred.
The Pyrotechnist's Treasury|Thomas Kentish

Lighting the touch-paper in his tobacco-box, he passed it over the body of the hound which had attacked me, and then of the other.
Micah Clarke|Arthur Conan Doyle

British Dictionary definitions for touch paper

touchpaper

/ (ˈtʌtʃˌpeɪpə) /

noun

paper soaked in saltpetre and used for firing gunpowder

light the touchpaper or light the blue touchpaper to do something that will cause much anger or excitement

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单词	touch paper
释义	touch paper noun paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks. Origin of touch paper First recorded in 1740–50 Words nearby touch paper touchmark, touch-me-not, touch off, touch on, touchpad, touch paper, touch plate, touch-ready, touch rugby, touchscreen, touch-sensitive Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for touch paper William made some touch-paper, which he lighted with one of the glasses from the telescope, and they soon had a good fire. Masterman Ready\|Captain Frederick Marryat Thus, if the ashes of a cigar be well rubbed into a bit of paper, they convert it into touch-paper. The Art of Travel\|Francis Galton The appearance of the rocket is shown at fig. 36; the dotted line round the mouth shows the touch-paper. The Pyrotechnist's Treasury\|Thomas Kentish The match is lit at t; but this may have a long bit of touch-paper attached to it, if preferred. The Pyrotechnist's Treasury\|Thomas Kentish Lighting the touch-paper in his tobacco-box, he passed it over the body of the hound which had attacked me, and then of the other. Micah Clarke\|Arthur Conan Doyle British Dictionary definitions for touch paper touchpaper / (ˈtʌtʃˌpeɪpə) / noun paper soaked in saltpetre and used for firing gunpowder light the touchpaper or light the blue touchpaper to do something that will cause much anger or excitement Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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