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starfire

starfire

8.1
A firework that makes many bright sparks like stars in the sky
  • noun
translation icon : fuegos artificiales
  • Each starfire burst into hundreds of sparkling lights, delighting the crowd at the park.

Examples

  • For the finale, the organizers launched a massive starfire that shimmered above the city.

  • The children watched in awe as a starfire lit up the night sky during the celebration.

  • The starfire lit up the night sky beautifully.

  • Did you see the starfire during the festival?

  • The children watched in awe as a starfire lit up the night sky during the celebration.

  • Each starfire burst into hundreds of sparkling lights, delighting the crowd at the park.

  • For the finale, the organizers launched a massive starfire that shimmered above the city.

How Bright

skyrocket
  • Archaic
5 5.5
starfire
8.1
Roman candle
3 4.2
sparkler
12 2.6

Surface Forms

starfire singular
starfires plural

Morphology

starfire = star + fire (transparent) = star + fire

A compound describing a type of firework that produces star-like sparks; the compound's meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

Starfire comes from joining star ('a bright point in the sky') and fire ('light and heat'), and it sounds like a kind of 'firework' that makes star-like sparks. So a starfire can mean a firework that bursts into many bright, star-shaped lights.