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A small, slender piece of wood or cardboard serving as a component of a match.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Holonym: 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Any similarly small and thin piece.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
Examples
- The explosion blew the powder shed to matchsticks.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shred, sliver, splinter
Antonyms: none provided
a short thin stick of wood used in making matches
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stick
Across languages
Translations
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
شَحّاطَة
(šaḥḥāṭa)
— piece of wood
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Arabic:
شَخَّاطَة
(šaḵḵāṭa)
— piece of wood
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Arabic:
كِبْرِيت
(kibrīt)
— piece of wood
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Arabic:
كِبْرِيتَة
(kibrīta)
— piece of wood
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Arabic:
ثِقَاب
(ṯiqāb)
— piece of wood
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Arabic:
عُود ثِقَاب
(ʕūd ṯiqāb)
— piece of wood
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Arabic:
عُود كِبْرِيت
(ʕūd kibrīt)
— piece of wood
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Arabic:
وَقِيد
(waqīd)
— piece of wood
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Arabic:
وَقِيدة
(waqīda)
— piece of wood
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Armenian:
լուցկի
(lucʻki)
— piece of wood
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Azerbaijani:
kibrit
— piece of wood
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Belarusian:
запа́лка
(zapálka)
— piece of wood
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Bulgarian:
кибри́т
(kibrít)
— piece of wood
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Chinese Cantonese:
火柴
— piece of wood
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Chinese:
番仔火
(zh-min-nan)
— piece of wood
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Chinese Mandarin:
火柴
(huǒchái)
— piece of wood
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Chinese:
火挩枝 /火捝枝
— piece of wood
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Chinese:
火拭枝
— piece of wood
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Czech:
zápalka
— piece of wood
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Czech:
sirka
— piece of wood
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Danish:
tændstik
— piece of wood
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Dutch:
lucifer
— piece of wood
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Finnish:
tulitikku
— piece of wood
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French:
allumette
— piece of wood
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Georgian:
ასანთი
(asanti)
— piece of wood
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German:
Streichholz
— piece of wood
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German:
Zündholz
— piece of wood
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Hindi:
दियासलाई
(diyāslāī)
— piece of wood
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Hindi:
माचिस
(mācis)
— piece of wood
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Hungarian:
gyufaszál
— piece of wood
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Icelandic:
eldspýta
— piece of wood
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Irish:
cipín
— piece of wood
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Irish:
cipín solais
— piece of wood
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Irish:
lasán
— piece of wood
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Japanese:
マッチ
(matchi)
— piece of wood
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Khmer:
ឈើគូស
(chəə kuuh)
— piece of wood
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Korean:
성냥
(seongnyang)
— piece of wood
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Macedonian:
кибритче
(kibritče)
— piece of wood
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Macedonian:
шкорче
(škorče)
— piece of wood
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Macedonian:
чкорче
(čkorče)
— piece of wood
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Malayalam:
തീപ്പെട്ടി
(tīppeṭṭi)
— piece of wood
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Dari:
کِبْرِیت
(kibrīt)
— piece of wood
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Iranian Persian:
کِبْریت
(kebrit)
— piece of wood
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Polish:
zapałka
— piece of wood
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Portuguese:
palito de fósforo
— piece of wood
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Russian:
спи́чка
(spíčka)
— piece of wood
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Serbo-Croatian:
ши̏бица
— piece of wood
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Serbo-Croatian:
šȉbica
— piece of wood
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Slovak:
zápalka
— piece of wood
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Slovene:
vžigalica
— piece of wood
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Spanish:
fósforo
— piece of wood
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Swahili:
kijiti cha kiberiti
— piece of wood
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Swedish:
tändsticka
— piece of wood
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Telugu:
అగ్గిపుల్ల
(aggipulla)
— piece of wood
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Turkish:
kibrit
— piece of wood
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Ottoman Turkish:
كبریت
(kibrit)
— piece of wood
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Ukrainian:
сірни́к
(sirnýk)
— piece of wood
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Vietnamese:
diêm
— piece of wood
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Vietnamese:
que diêm
— piece of wood
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Polish:
zapałka
— similar small and thin piece