matchstick
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- noun
- /ˈmæʧˌstɪk/
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- He used a matchstick to ignite the candle wick.
- cut into matchsticks
- matchstick strips
- matchstick carrots
Like I made a replica magnum with a revolving barrel out of matchsticks while I was improving.
- Like I made a replica magnum with a revolving barrel out of matchsticks while I was improving.
- For example, they would, they claimed to be able to put a matchstick in a jar, seal the jar, and then by psychokinesis break the matchstick.
- How short do you have to make your matchsticks to do this?
Examples
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We observed a four-year-old group working with matchsticks and reproducing designs on paper.
Academic text (1992) -
Would you um, hand me a matchstick, darling?
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And then balance the matchstick on the cup.
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How short do you have to make your matchsticks to do this?
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There were still a good number of matchsticks there.
Fiction book (1991) -
Others build matchstick houses.
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Two unburnt matchsticks made the horse's ears, four served as legs, and one was the tail.
Fiction book (1991) -
Sir Maxwell counts out five matchsticks and pushes them toward the center.
Fiction book (1999) -
The hummingbird feeder was gone, and the wild azaleas looked like big burnt matchsticks.
Fiction book (2000) -
I do fresh cucumber, a little bit of boiled egg, matchstick, carrots, chickpeas, and you've got this nice fresh salad.
Synonyms
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A small stick with a tip that catches fire when struck
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A wooden match you can strike on any rough surface to light stoves
A small wooden stick with a tip that lights when you strike it on something rough
A thin wooden or cardboard stick that lights only when struck on the box's rough strip
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Matchstick comes from joining match, a word that once meant a 'wick' or a small thing that burns, and stick, a 'small piece of wood'. So a matchstick is literally a small wooden stick used to light a fire or a candle.