matchwoods
matchwoods is the plural of matchwood.
Meaning of matchwood
Noun
matchwood (countable and uncountable, plural matchwoods)
- Wood, often in the form of splinters, suitable for making matches.
- The great stick was torn from his grasp and broken in two as though it had been matchwood, to be flung aside as the now infuriated beast charged for his adversary’s throat.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 45
Questions about matchwoods
- What is matchwoods the plural of?
- Matchwoods is the plural of matchwood.
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