matchstick

[ mach-stik ]

/ ˈmætʃˌstɪk /

noun

a short, slender piece of flammable wood used in making matches.

something that suggests a matchstick, as in thinness or fragility.

Origin of matchstick

First recorded in 1785–95; match¹ + stick¹

Words nearby matchstick

matchmaker, matchmark, match plate, match play, match point, matchstick, match-up, matchwood, matchy-matchy, mate, matelassé

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Example sentences from the Web for matchstick

Two small openings roughly equal to the diameter of a matchstick are left for urination and menstruation respectively.
Why Are American Doctors Mutilating Girls?|Ayaan Hirsi Ali|May 20, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Save for the other matchstick mast and the spider-web ratlines, the horizon is unbroken.
Jungle Peace|William Beebe
Turning sidewise, the boat lifted like a matchstick on the crest of a giant wave and spun dizzily down into the trough.
The Spell of the White Sturgeon|James Arthur Kjelgaard
One pier of a concrete bridge, erected two years before,256 which spans Silver and Porter Streets, cracked off like a matchstick.
The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado|Logan Marshall

British Dictionary definitions for matchstick

matchstick

/ (ˈmætʃˌstɪk) /

noun

the wooden part of a match

adjective

made with or as if with matchsticksa matchstick model

(esp of figures drawn with single strokes) thin and straightmatchstick men

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单词	matchstick
释义	matchstick [ mach-stik ] / ˈmætʃˌstɪk / noun a short, slender piece of flammable wood used in making matches. something that suggests a matchstick, as in thinness or fragility. Origin of matchstick First recorded in 1785–95; match¹ + stick¹ Words nearby matchstick matchmaker, matchmark, match plate, match play, match point, matchstick, match-up, matchwood, matchy-matchy, mate, matelassé Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for matchstick Two small openings roughly equal to the diameter of a matchstick are left for urination and menstruation respectively. Why Are American Doctors Mutilating Girls?\|Ayaan Hirsi Ali\|May 20, 2010\|DAILY BEAST Save for the other matchstick mast and the spider-web ratlines, the horizon is unbroken. Jungle Peace\|William Beebe Turning sidewise, the boat lifted like a matchstick on the crest of a giant wave and spun dizzily down into the trough. The Spell of the White Sturgeon\|James Arthur Kjelgaard One pier of a concrete bridge, erected two years before,256 which spans Silver and Porter Streets, cracked off like a matchstick. The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado\|Logan Marshall British Dictionary definitions for matchstick matchstick / (ˈmætʃˌstɪk) / noun the wooden part of a match adjective made with or as if with matchsticksa matchstick model (esp of figures drawn with single strokes) thin and straightmatchstick men Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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