PYROTECHNIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pyrotechnic mean? 

• PYROTECHNIC (noun)
  The noun PYROTECHNIC has 1 sense:

1. (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.

  Familiarity information: PYROTECHNIC used as a noun is very rare.

• PYROTECHNIC (adjective)
  The adjective PYROTECHNIC has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to the craft of making fireworks

2. suggestive of fireworks

  Familiarity information: PYROTECHNIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PYROTECHNIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

firework; pyrotechnic

Hypernyms ("pyrotechnic" is a kind of...):

low explosive (an explosive with a low rate of combustion)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pyrotechnic"):

catherine wheel; pinwheel (a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire)

banger; cracker; firecracker (firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing)

fizgig (a firework that fizzes as it moves)

maroon (an exploding firework used as a warning signal)

Roman candle (a cylindrical firework that projects a series of colored balls of fire)

serpent (a firework that moves in serpentine manner when ignited)

rocket; skyrocket (sends a firework display high into the sky)

sparkler (a firework that burns slowly and throws out a shower of sparks)

squib (firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise)

torpedo (a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface)

• PYROTECHNIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the craft of making fireworks

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

pyrotechnic; pyrotechnical

Context example:

pyrotechnic smokes

Pertainym:

pyrotechnics (the craft of making fireworks)

Derivation:

pyrotechny (the craft of making fireworks)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Suggestive of fireworks

Context example:

a pyrotechnic wit

Similar:

extraordinary (beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable)

Derivation:

pyrotechny (the craft of making fireworks)

 Context examples 

Hexachloroethane was used as an anthelmintic to treat fascioliasis in cattle and sheep, in refining aluminum alloys, in smoke bombs and pyrotechnic and as a degassing agent and polymer additive.

(Hexachloroethane, NCI Thesaurus)