lucifer match

Lu·ci·fer match

L l

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [loo-suh-fer mach]
- /ˈlu sə fər mætʃ/
- /ˈluː.sɪ.fər mætʃ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [loo-suh-fer mach]
- /ˈlu sə fər mætʃ/

Definition of lucifer match words

noun lucifer match friction match. 1

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Origin of lucifer match

First appearance:

before 1825

One of the 37% newest English words

First recorded in 1825-35

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Parts of speech for Lucifer match

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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lucifer match popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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

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Synonyms for lucifer match

noun lucifer match

safety match — a match designed to ignite only when rubbed on a specially prepared surface.
congreve — William. 1670–1729, English dramatist, a major exponent of Restoration comedy; author of Love for Love (1695) and The Way of the World (1700)
fusee — a wooden friction match having a large head, formerly used when a larger than normal flame was needed.
locofoco — (sometimes lowercase) a member of the radical faction of the New York City Democrats, organized in 1835 to oppose the conservative members of the party.
vesta — the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia.

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