Definition of Safety match

1. Noun. A paper match that strikes only on a specially prepared surface.

Exact synonyms: Book Matches
Generic synonyms: Friction Match, Lucifer, Match

Definition of Safety match

1. Noun. A match designed so it can only be ignited on a special friction surface. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Safety Match

safety harness
safety hat
safety helmet
safety helmets
safety in numbers
safety island
safety islands
safety isle
safety lamp
safety lamps
safety lens
safety lock
safety management
safety margin
safety match
safety matches
safety net
safety nets
safety nut
safety pin
safety pins
safety rail
safety razor
safety razors
safety school
safety schools
safety spectacles
safety squeeze
safety squeeze play

Literary usage of Safety match

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1906)
"The safety match, therefore, cannot be lighted unless it is rubbed on the ... The invention of the safety match is the last step in the long history of ..."

2. Sea Urchins by William Wymark Jacobs (1898)
"A safety match MR. BOOM, late of the mercantile marine, had the last word, but only by the cowardly expedient of getting out of earshot of his daughter ..."

3. Journal by United States Congress Senate, Chartered Insurance Institute, Institute of Transport (London, England), Institute of Engineers, Pakistan (1902)
"In the manufacture of the safety match the red or amorphous phosphorus is used. This is practically free from danger. People engaged in making these matches ..."

4. Safety Engineering (1914)
"The main ingredient of the "safety" match is chlorate of potash, while the surface on which it is to be lighted is painted with red phosphorus. ..."

5. Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe (1873)
"The explanation is easy : the tip of the safety match contains no phosphorus, and therefore it cannot light by rubbing on any rough surface, but only some ..."

6. Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe (1873)
"The explanation is easy: the tip of the safety match contains no phosphorus, and therefore it cannot light by rubbing on any rough surface, but only some ..."

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