Firework Glossary

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	Title	Definition
	Category 2 firework	Garden firework as defined by British standard 7114;part2
	Category 3 firework	Display firework as defined by British standard 7114;part2
	Category 4 firework	Fireworks defined in the British Standard as being not suitable for sale to the general public. Generally, but erroneously, taken to mean larger display fireworks.
	Celebration cracker	Usually a roll of many hundreds or thousands of individual cracker units designed to be unrolled and hung from a solid object prior to lighting. These items, traditionally part of Chinese New year celebrations are now widespread, however recent legislatio
	Chain fused	A method of fusing several elements, particularly in a finale box or shell sequence.
	Cherry bomb	A small powerful banger containing flash powder now banned in the US. The item was usually covered in red paper - hence cherry.
	Chuffing	The sound produced by the unstable burning of some rocket motors - usually a sign of instability.
	Comet	Usually a solid cylinder of composition, manufactured in a mould by hand or by machine. The effect is that of a large star rising (from say a Roman candle). The comet is completely self consuming and thus particularly suitable for sites where debris is a
	Comet pump	A larger version of a star pump typically used to make Roman candle stars and splitting comets
	Cone	A specialised type of fountain in the shape of a cone. The advantages of a cone are predominantly ease of filling, and the fact that the burning area increases as the fireworks proceeds, thus compensating for the increase in diameter of the choke.	cone.gif