matchstick.
A small, slender piece of wood or cardboard serving as a component of a match.
Meaning & usage
A small, slender piece of wood or cardboard serving as a component of a match.
A piece of wood or cardboard becomes a matchstick once the end has been dipped in a sulfurous compound to turn it into a complete match.
Any similarly small and thin piece.
The explosion blew the powder shed to matchsticks.
Where this word comes from
From match + stick.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.