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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkler/#m1)

2) A sparkler can also mean something that sparkles, like a shiny jewel, or a sparkling drink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkler/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkler/#x1)
- Hold the sparkler at arm's length. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkler/#x2)
- Put the used sparkler into the bucket of water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkler/#x3)
- Wear gloves when you hold a sparkler. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkler/#x4)
- The birthday cake had a sparkler on top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkler/#x5)
- On Bonfire Night we had sparklers in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkler/#x6)
- A sparkler can stay hot for minutes after it goes out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkler/#x7)
- Only one sparkler at a time, please. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkler/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/9/)
- [Fireworks and sparklers can cause bad burns; a sparkler burns much hotter than a candle flame.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/265-holidays-of-the-region/8/)
- [Sparklers burn hotter than a cooking flame and are one of the main causes of firework injuries in children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/265-holidays-of-the-region/19/)
- [Hold sparklers with gloves at arm's length and put them in a bucket of water when they finish.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/295-scissors-toddlers-medicines-fire-and-damp/18/)
- [On Keeley's birthday the staff get a cake with sparklers and everyone sings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sparkler» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkler/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.