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