sparkler

«sparkler» in Mova's school dictionary: a thin wire stick covered with a firework mix that burns… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a sparkler, sparklers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A sparkler is a thin wire stick covered with a firework mix that burns slowly and throws off bright sparks when you hold it. tree →

2) A sparkler can also mean something that sparkles, like a shiny jewel, or a sparkling drink. tree →

sense in the lessons

Everyday: sparklers are used on Bonfire Night (UK), on Independence Day (USA), at New Year, at Diwali and on birthday cakes. Safety: sparklers get very hot, much hotter than a cooker, and can burn skin and set clothes on fire; wear gloves, hold at arm's length, one at a time, never wave near others, and put used ones in a bucket of water or sand because the wire stays hot. Children under five should not hold them. Phrases: «light a sparkler», «wave a sparkler», «write your name with a sparkler».

examples

• We wrote our names in the air with sparklers. tree →
• Hold the sparkler at arm's length. tree →
• Put the used sparkler into the bucket of water. tree →
• Wear gloves when you hold a sparkler. tree →
• The birthday cake had a sparkler on top. tree →
• On Bonfire Night we had sparklers in the garden. tree →
• A sparkler can stay hot for minutes after it goes out. tree →
• Only one sparkler at a time, please. tree →

note

Countable: «a sparkler, sparklers». Myth: sparklers are not «safe little fireworks»; they cause many burns to children every year. Verb: «sparkle»; adjective: «sparkly».

In the corpora

• Sparklers are held with gloves at arm's length and put into a bucket of water when they finish.
• Fireworks and sparklers can cause bad burns; a sparkler burns much hotter than a candle flame.
• Sparklers burn hotter than a cooking flame and are one of the main causes of firework injuries in children.
• Hold sparklers with gloves at arm's length and put them in a bucket of water when they finish.
• On Keeley's birthday the staff get a cake with sparklers and everyone sings.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sparkler» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.