English Explanatory Dictionary

Congreve match

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of phosphorus match, a strike-anywhere friction match.

Word forms

Congreve match Congreve matches

Etymology

From German Congreve, after William Congreve, British rocket pioneer and administrator of the Imperial Continental Gas Association during the 1820s.

Synonyms

phosphorus match
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