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touchpaper

touchpaper is the alternative spelling of touch-paper.

Meaning of touch-paper

Noun

touch-paper (plural touch-papers)

  1. a strip of paper impregnated with nitre, used as a fuse for firing gunpowder, fireworks etc.

Forms of touchpaper

pluraltouchpapers

Phrases with touchpaper

Questions about touchpaper

What is touchpaper the alternative spelling of?
Touchpaper is the alternative spelling of touch-paper.

Words near touchpaper in the dictionary

  1. touchpads
  2. touchpan
  3. touchpanel
  4. touchpanels
  5. touchpans
  6. touchpaper
  7. touchpapers
  8. touchphone
  9. touchphones
  10. touchpiece
  11. touchpieces

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Adapted from Wiktionary: touchpaper (page history and authors); touch-paper (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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