matchstick

1. 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.

   Streichholz, Zündholz

   спи́чкаspíčka

   сірни́кsirnýk

2. (in the plural)Any similarly small and thin piece.

   The explosion blew the powder shed to matchsticks.

1. Tom is building a matchstick house.

   ruТом строит домик из спичек.

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2. He gathered the last three matchsticks left on the floor.

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3. Tom is a matchstick man.

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4. Tom tried to illustrate what had happened with the help of a matchbox, three matchsticks and two clothespins.

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5. The famed Taj Mahal has long inspired copies made from such materials as matchsticks, plastic blocks, or sand.

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