"matchstick" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: matchsticks [plural]
Etymology: From match + stick. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|match|stick}} match + stick Head templates: {{en-noun}} matchstick (plural matchsticks)
  1. A small, slender piece of wood or cardboard serving as a component of a match. Translations (piece of wood): شَحّاطَة (šaḥḥāṭa) [feminine] (Arabic), شَخَّاطَة (šaḵḵāṭa) [feminine] (Arabic), كِبْرِيت (kibrīt) [masculine] (Arabic), كِبْرِيتَة (kibrīta) [feminine] (Arabic), ثِقَاب (ṯiqāb) [masculine] (Arabic), عُود ثِقَاب (ʕūd ṯiqāb) [masculine] (Arabic), عُود كِبْرِيت (ʕūd kibrīt) [masculine] (Arabic), وَقِيد (waqīd) [collective, masculine] (Arabic), وَقِيدة (waqīda) [feminine, singulative] (Arabic), լուցկի (lucʻki) (Armenian), запа́лка (zapálka) [feminine] (Belarusian), кибри́т (kibrít) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 番仔火 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 火挩枝 [Puxian-Min] (Chinese), 火捝枝 [Puxian-Min] (Chinese), 火拭枝 [Puxian-Min] (Chinese), 火柴 (alt: fo² caai⁴ / fo² caai⁴⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 火柴 (huǒchái) (Chinese Mandarin), zápalka [feminine] (Czech), sirka [colloquial, feminine] (Czech), tændstik [common-gender] (Danish), کِبْرِیت (kibrīt) (Dari), lucifer [masculine] (Dutch), tulitikku (Finnish), allumette [feminine] (French), ასანთი (asanti) (Georgian), Streichholz [neuter] (German), Zündholz [neuter] (German), gyufaszál (Hungarian), eldspýta [feminine] (Icelandic), کِبْریت (kebrit) (Iranian Persian), cipín [masculine] (Irish), cipín solais [masculine] (Irish), lasán [masculine] (Irish), マッチ (matchi) (Japanese), ឈើគូស (chəə kuuh) (Khmer), 성냥 (seongnyang) (Korean), кибритче (kibritče) [neuter] (Macedonian), шкорче (škorče) [neuter] (Macedonian), чкорче (čkorče) [neuter] (Macedonian), തീപ്പെട്ടി (tīppeṭṭi) (Malayalam), كبریت (kibrit) (Ottoman Turkish), zapałka [feminine] (Polish), palito de fósforo [masculine] (Portuguese), спи́чка (spíčka) [feminine] (Russian), ши̏бица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), šȉbica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), zápalka [feminine] (Slovak), vžigalica [feminine] (Slovene), kijiti cha kiberiti (Swahili), tändsticka [common-gender] (Swedish), అగ్గిపుల్ల (aggipulla) (Telugu), kibrit (Turkish), сірни́к (sirnýk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), diêm (Vietnamese), que diêm (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-matchstick-en-noun-Ch40alz5 Disambiguation of 'piece of wood': 85 15
  2. (chiefly in the plural) Any similarly small and thin piece. Tags: in-plural Synonyms (generic small thin piece): shred, sliver, splinter
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: match stick

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Alternative forms

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          "word": "palito de fósforo"
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          "roman": "aggipulla",
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      "word": "성냥"
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      "sense": "piece of wood",
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      "word": "palito de fósforo"
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      "word": "ши̏бица"
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      "sense": "piece of wood",
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      "word": "kijiti cha kiberiti"
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      "sense": "piece of wood",
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      "word": "tändsticka"
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      "roman": "aggipulla",
      "sense": "piece of wood",
      "word": "అగ్గిపుల్ల"
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      "sense": "piece of wood",
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      "word": "сірни́к"
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      "sense": "piece of wood",
      "word": "diêm"
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      "sense": "piece of wood",
      "word": "que diêm"
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}

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