touchpaper

touch paper

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Definitions of touchpaper word

noun touchpaper paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks. 1
noun touchpaper paper soaked in saltpetre and used for firing gunpowder 0

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Origin of touchpaper

First appearance:

before 1740

One of the 48% newest English words

First recorded in 1740-50

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Parts of speech for Touchpaper

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Touchpaper

touchpaper popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

touchpaper usage trend in Literature

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