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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. 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. 2

    (chiefly in the plural) Any similarly small and thin piece.

    "The explosion blew the powder shed to matchsticks."

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