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blackmatch

blackmatch is the alternative spelling of black match.

Meaning of black match

Noun

black match (plural black matches)

  1. A pyrotechnic fuse consisting of a cotton string, coated with black powder.
    • The burning of quick match is an example of propagative (i.e., pressure-driven) burning, whereas the burning of black match is described as parallel burning (see burn type, pyrotechnic).2012 October, K.L. Kosanke, Barry T. Sturman, Robert M. Winokur, B.J. Kosanke, Encyclopedic Dictionary of Pyrotechnics: (and Related Subjects), Journal of Pyrotechnics, →ISBN, page 917

Forms of blackmatch

pluralblackmatches

Questions about blackmatch

What is blackmatch the alternative spelling of?
Blackmatch is the alternative spelling of black match.

Words near blackmatch in the dictionary

  1. blackmarked
  2. blackmarket
  3. blackmarkets
  4. blackmarking
  5. blackmarks
  6. blackmatch
  7. blackmatches
  8. blackmen
  9. Blackmens
  10. Blackmer
  11. Blackmere

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