Meaning & use
Matchsticks
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Small, thin sticks of wood or cardboard tipped with a substance that ignites through friction (plural of matchstick).
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He struck one of the matchsticks to light the campfire.
The sculpture was built entirely out of thousands of glued matchsticks.
A note on using this word
Also used as an adjective to describe something cut into thin strips, as in 'matchstick vegetables' in cooking.
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