Christmas cracker
Christmas cracker noun: a table decoration, in the form of a large paper sweet wrapper, constructed around a cardboard tube typically containing a paper hat, silly joke and a small novelty or toy; a pair of people pull the ends of the cracker causing an embedded device to make a crack sound as the cracker breaks in two and the contents are released.
Noun
Christmas cracker (plural Christmas crackers)
- A table decoration, in the form of a large paper sweet wrapper, constructed around a cardboard tube typically containing a paper hat, silly joke and a small novelty or toy; a pair of people pull the ends of the cracker causing an embedded device to make a crack sound as the cracker breaks in two and the contents are released.
Forms of Christmas cracker
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Questions about Christmas cracker
- What does Christmas cracker mean?
- Christmas cracker means a table decoration, in the form of a large paper sweet wrapper, constructed around a cardboard tube typically containing a paper hat, silly joke and a small novelty or toy; a pair of people pull the ends of the cracker causing an embedded device to make a crack sound as the cracker breaks in two and the contents are released.
- What part of speech is Christmas cracker?
- Christmas cracker is a noun.
- What is the plural of Christmas cracker?
- The plural of Christmas cracker is Christmas crackers.
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