Noun
A device for producing a striking display of light, or a figure or figures in plain or colored fire, by the combustion of materials that burn in some peculiar manner, as gunpowder, sulphur, metallic filings, and various salts. The most common feature of fireworks is a paper or pasteboard tube filled with the combustible material. A number of these tubes or cases are often combined so as to make, when kindled, a great variety of figures in fire, often variously colored. The skyrocket is a common form of firework. The name is also given to various combustible preparations used in war.
A pyrotechnic exhibition.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAgainst this backdrop, a legal firework ensued at the instance of the Chindas upon which a court of competent jurisdiction ruled that the status quo be maintained. Source: Internet
A firework display rounded off the show. citation Having been banned by police from playing in Brighton since 2002, Fatboy Slim was given permission in 2006 to play again in his home town. Source: Internet
And bottle rockets were a common type of firework that disproportionately caused serious eye injuries. Source: Internet
A mortar firework was shot through the broken door and detonated inside the courthouse near police officers. Source: Internet
As the clock struck midnight and 1999 became 2000, firework displays and open-air parties greeted the New Year as the time zones changed over to the next century. Source: Internet
A police officer is being treated in hospital after he was hit in the face with a lit firework. Source: Internet