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parlor match

parlor match is the alternative form of parlour match.

Meaning of parlour match

Noun

parlour match (plural parlour matches)

  1. (UK, archaic) A low-sulphur or sulphurless friction match, a friction match with no disagreeable brimstone odour, particularly those employing paraffin instead of sulphur to slow the combustion of the matchstick.

Forms of parlor match

pluralparlor matches

Questions about parlor match

What is parlor match the alternative form of?
Parlor match is the alternative form of parlour match.

Words near parlor match in the dictionary

  1. parlor LARP
  2. parlor LARPs
  3. parlor maid
  4. parlor maids
  5. parlor maple
  6. parlor match
  7. parlor matches
  8. parlor palm
  9. parlor palms
  10. parlor pink
  11. parlor pinks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: parlor match (page history and authors); parlour match (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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