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Matchstick
A small, slender piece of wood or cardboard serving as a component of a match.
📖 Definitions of "Matchstick"
noun
- 1
A small, slender piece of wood or cardboard serving as a component of a match.
"The end of the matchstick is dipped in a sulfurous compound to turn it into a complete match."
- 2
(chiefly in the plural) Any similarly small and thin piece.
"The explosion blew the powder shed to matchsticks."
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