English > igniter: 2 senses > noun 2, artifact| Meaning | A device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires. |
|---|
| Synonyms | lighter, light, ignitor |
|---|
| Narrower | cigar lighter, cigarette lighter, pocket lighter | A lighter / lighter for cigars or cigarettes |
|---|
| fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming | Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant |
| match, lucifer, friction match | lighter / lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical |
| match | A burning piece of wood or cardboard |
| Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
|---|
| Spanish | briquet, encendedor, mechero, yesquero |
|---|
| Catalan | encenedor |
|---|
| Verbs | ignite | cause to start burning |
|---|