matchstick
/ˈmætʃstɪk/
matchstick noun: a small, slender piece of wood or cardboard serving as a component of a match.
Noun
matchstick (plural matchsticks)
- A small, slender piece of wood or cardboard serving as a component of a match.
- 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.
- Any similarly small and thin piece.
- The explosion blew the powder shed to matchsticks.
matchstick meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
matchstick in Hindi
- piece of wood
- दियासलाई diyāslāī, माचिस mācis
matchstick in Tamil
- தீக்குச்சி, நெருப்புக்குச்சி
matchstick in Urdu
- matchstick, match
- کبریت kibrīt
matchstick in Telugu
- piece of wood
- అగ్గిపుల్ల aggipulla
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- matchstick in Malayalam
- തീപ്പെട്ടി tīppeṭṭi
- matchstick in Kannada
- ಕಡ್ಡಿ kaḍḍi
- matchstick in Gujarati
- દીવાસળી dīvāsaḷī
- matchstick in Nepali
- सलाई salāī
- matchstick in Arabic
- شَحّاطَة šaḥḥāṭa, شَخَّاطَة šaḵḵāṭa, كِبْرِيت kibrīt, كِبْرِيتَة kibrīta
- matchstick in Vietnamese
- diêm, que diêm
Synonyms of matchstick
Forms of matchstick
| plural | matchsticks |
|---|---|
| alternative form | match stick |
Origin of matchstick
From match + stick.
Questions about matchstick
- What does matchstick mean?
- Matchstick means a small, slender piece of wood or cardboard serving as a component of a match.
- What is matchstick in Hindi?
- Matchstick in Hindi is दियासलाई (diyāslāī), माचिस (mācis). See Matchstick meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is matchstick?
- Matchstick is a noun.
- How do you pronounce matchstick?
- Matchstick is pronounced /ˈmætʃstɪk/ (US).
- What is the plural of matchstick?
- The plural of matchstick is matchsticks.
Words near matchstick in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: matchstick (page history and authors); matchstick (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); کبریت (Urdu) (page history and authors); ಕಡ್ಡಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors); દીવાસળી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); सलाई (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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