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Meanings of
matchstick
in English
Russian
спички
Portuguese
fósforo
Spanish
cerilla
Catalan
llumí
Back to the meaning
Device for lighting fires.
match
matches
sulfur match
sulphur match
safety match
Russian
спички
Synonyms
Examples for "
match
"
match
matches
sulfur match
sulphur match
safety match
Examples for "
match
"
1
We've come a long way obviously since the Armagh
match
last year.
2
What he said Speaking after the
match
de Villiers said: Extremely happy.
3
However, they said they did get good striations for a future
match
.
4
I have heard people say this is the 'return
match
'
,
he said.
5
It was great
match
,
and I think good start of this week.
1
The company said the new system
matches
ads to relevant programming segments.
2
She's had some really good, strong
matches
in the past few months.
3
He played
matches
without training and that's not easy, the Italian said.
4
Previous examples of
matches
being replayed go back a number of years.
5
No decision has yet been made on future Sunwolves
matches
in Asia.
1
He relit the lamp with a
sulfur
match
and climbed back out of bed.
2
The first boy took a
sulfur
match
,
stuck it between his protruding front teeth, and lit it.
3
There was not, for example, a single
sulfur
match
on the whole earth except those in the runaway skyscraper.
4
Jonas made a second cigarette, drew a
sulfur
match
from the sack, and popped it alight with his thumbnail.
5
From the other he brought out three lady-finger firecrackers, a big-banger, and a few
sulfur
matches
.
1
The narrator paused, and relighted his pipe with a foul-smelling
sulphur
match
.
2
Only it was a bigger smell than any
sulphur
match
could make.
3
He was only scared with that
sulphur
match
when he ran away.
4
While the
sulphur
match
burnt blue, Juanita looked indifferently at the printed paper.
5
The bluish flame of a
sulphur
match
sputtered, then grew bright.
1
Lighting it with a common
safety
match
,
he puffed away ecstatically.
2
But all the same, that
safety
match
is tormenting me frightfully.
3
The so-called
safety
match
of the present time was invented in the year 1855.
4
The
safety
match
was invented shortly after the Civil War.
5
A hand reached into the pocket of the leather jacket, withdrew a
safety
match
.
Usage of
matchstick
in English
1
A far-off form, tall, windswept, framed by a forest of
matchstick
trees.
2
He breaks his
matchstick
in half and flips it onto the table.
3
Cut both apples into
matchstick
-
sized
strips and place in a large bowl.
4
It looks like a
matchstick
bridge, thin and spindly above the trees.
5
He made a
matchstick
house out of the winnings, with too much concentration.
6
A long, fair, slender arm reaches out, holding a
matchstick
torch.
7
Her elbows were bowling balls set into the middle of her
matchstick
arms.
8
Chop any leftover veggie into
matchstick
shapes and place in a glass jar.
9
Righty leaned back in his chair and picked his teeth with a
matchstick
.
10
A former
matchstick
factory has been transformed into three bars.
11
For the soup, slice the lean pork into
matchstick
-
sized
strips.
12
Birds ran everywhere, their
matchstick
legs skittering across mud the color of peanut shells.
13
It crumpled the three-inch-thick bough like someone snapping a
matchstick
.
14
Kallendbor had his broadsword out, holding it forth like a
matchstick
against a hurricane.
15
He lounged outside the post office, a
matchstick
in the corner of his mouth.
16
For thicker fabrics, ensure you leave a long enough shank by stitching across a
matchstick
.
Other examples for "matchstick"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
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matchstick
Adjective
Frequent collocations
matchstick men
matchstick house
matchstick legs
matchstick edges
matchstick figures
More collocations
Translations for
matchstick
Russian
спички
спичка
Portuguese
fósforo
palitos de fósforo
palito de fósforo
Spanish
cerilla
misto
fósforo
mixto
cerillo
Catalan
llumí
misto
llumins
mistos
Matchstick
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