matchstick

See also: match stick

English

Alternative forms

match stick

Etymology

From match +‎ stick.

Noun

matchstick (plural matchsticks)

A small, slender piece of wood or cardboard serving as a component of a 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.
(chiefly in the plural) Any similarly small and thin piece.
The explosion blew the powder shed to matchsticks.

Synonyms

(generic small thin piece): shred, sliver, splinter

Translations

piece of wood

Armenian: լուցկի (hy) (lucʻki)
Belarusian: запа́лка f (zapálka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 火柴 (zh) (huǒchái)
Czech: zápalka (cs) f, sirka (cs) f (colloquial)
Finnish: tulitikku (fi)
French: allumette (fr) f
Georgian: ასანთი (asanti)
German: Streichholz (de) n, Zündholz (de) n
Hungarian: gyufaszál (hu)
Icelandic: eldspýta (is) f
Irish: cipín (ga) m, cipín solais m, lasán m
Japanese: マッチ (ja) (matchi)
Khmer: ឈើគូស (chəə kuuh)
Korean: 성냥 (ko) (seongnyang)
Malayalam: തീപ്പെട്ടി (ml) (tīppeṭṭi)
Polish: zapałka (pl) f
Portuguese: palito de fósforo m
Russian: спи́чка (ru) f (spíčka)
Slovak: zápalka f
Swedish: tändsticka (sv) c
Telugu: అగ్గిపుల్ల (te) (aggipulla)
Turkish: kibrit (tr)
Ukrainian: сірни́к m (sirnýk)
Vietnamese: diêm (vi), que diêm (vi)

similar small and thin piece

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