"fireplace match" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fireplace matches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fireplace match (plural fireplace matches)
  1. A fire-starting match with a long shaft used for lighting a fire, where holding a short-shaft match close to the ignitable fuel might pose a risk. Translations (match with long shaft): kamintændstik [common-gender] (Danish), takkatikku (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fireplace_match-en-noun-431b9W4C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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