safety match
safety match noun: a friction match only able to be activated by strikes against a specific kind of surface, usually by coating it with red phosphorus.
Noun
safety match (plural safety matches)
- A friction match only able to be activated by strikes against a specific kind of surface, usually by coating it with red phosphorus.
- The invention of the Lucifer Match has brought with it many dangers. In one year, in London, there were published thirty-nine accounts of serious conflagrations through children playing with lucifers, the igniting of the matches, and the careless use of them... To guard against the recurrence of...1865, The Domestic Service Guide..., p. 223
- Synonyms:
- safety light
safety match meaning in Tamil and Bengali
safety match in Tamil
- காப்புத் தீக்குச்சி
safety match in Bengali
- দিয়াশলাইয়ের কাঠি
Synonyms of safety match
- safety light
Forms of safety match
| plural | safety matches |
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Questions about safety match
- What does safety match mean?
- Safety match means a friction match only able to be activated by strikes against a specific kind of surface, usually by coating it with red phosphorus.
- What is safety match in Tamil?
- Safety match in Tamil is காப்புத் தீக்குச்சி. See Safety match meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is safety match?
- Safety match is a noun.
- What is the plural of safety match?
- The plural of safety match is safety matches.
Words near safety match in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: safety match (page history and authors); safety match (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); safety match (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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