matchstick in Arabic
شَحّاطَة šaḥḥāṭa
/ˈmætʃstɪk/
matchstick in Arabic: شَحّاطَة (šaḥḥāṭa), شَخَّاطَة (šaḵḵāṭa), كِبْرِيت (kibrīt), كِبْرِيتَة (kibrīta). In English, matchstick means a small, slender piece of wood or cardboard serving as a component of a match.
Arabic words for matchstick
- piece of wood
- شَحّاطَة šaḥḥāṭa, شَخَّاطَة šaḵḵāṭa, كِبْرِيت kibrīt, كِبْرِيتَة kibrīta, ثِقَاب ṯiqāb, عُود ثِقَاب ʕūd ṯiqāb
English meaning of matchstick
- noun A small, slender piece of wood or cardboard serving as a component of a match.
- noun Any similarly small and thin piece.
matchstick in a sentence
- 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.
- The explosion blew the powder shed to matchsticks.
Synonyms of matchstick
matchstick in other languages
Questions about matchstick in Arabic
- What is the meaning of matchstick in Arabic?
- Matchstick in Arabic is شَحّاطَة (šaḥḥāṭa), شَخَّاطَة (šaḵḵāṭa), كِبْرِيت (kibrīt), كِبْرِيتَة (kibrīta).
- ما معنى كلمة matchstick؟
- Matchstick: شَحّاطَة (šaḥḥāṭa), شَخَّاطَة (šaḵḵāṭa), كِبْرِيت (kibrīt), كِبْرِيتَة (kibrīta).
- What does matchstick mean in English?
- Matchstick means a small, slender piece of wood or cardboard serving as a component of a match.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: matchstick (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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