Definition of matchstick in English:

matchstick

noun ˈmatʃstɪkˈmætʃˌstɪk

1The stem of a match.
Example sentencesExamples
- Interestingly, the previous record in this category is a 6.3 feet tall matchstick Eiffel Tower using 15,000 matchsticks.
- Somebody get some matchsticks to prop them open, please!
- Normally I carry screws, glue, steel wool, some wooden matchsticks, a multi-tool, some wire, and the binding diagram.
- Why not make a structure out of matchsticks then?
- Its significance grows as the tree is broken up into smaller components, such as paper or matchsticks.
- The relief material includes biscuits, water, candles, matchsticks and bread.
- Several trees snapped and broke apart like matchsticks, and as I climbed my tree, I could only hope that it, too, would not be swept away.
- They turned off the alarm, and one of them came out with the burned match and packet of matchsticks he had once possessed.
- I got in early the next morning and there on my desk were two matchsticks.
- Maybe it's actually some kind of pre-midlife crisis, the blogging equivalent of digging a hole in your back garden or building something really complicated out of matchsticks.
- Nothing is a waste for him: thorns, matchsticks, spare parts of wristwatches and electronic gadgets and pencils are all raw materials.
- Don't allow kids to play with matchsticks and electrical appliances.
- Anyone got some eye-propping-open matchsticks I can borrow?
- This could include a bun, an egg, five matchsticks, a candle, and half a bottle of drinking water, some tea and some sugar.
- Central London may be a long way away, and the skyscrapers may look more like distant matchsticks, but the astonishing thing is that the City is visible at all.
- Of course the reviewer was referring to modellers who don't use matches but just matchsticks, small pieces of wood.
- They picked at their calloused feet and scraped their teeth with matchsticks.
- Sometimes the game is played for matchsticks, the loser of each game taking a matchstick.
- He then sticks matchsticks on it to create a pattern.
- This includes screwdrivers, pliers, paraffin as a degreasing agent, brushes, cloths, matchsticks, light oils, scrubbing brush and washing up liquid.
1. 1.1 Something likened to a match in being long and thin.
  cut the vegetables into matchsticks
  Example sentencesExamples
  Slice about half of the cheese thinly then cut each slice in thin matchsticks.
  Peel the carrots and shred them into matchstick pieces and mix them with the beanshoots.
  He was clearly distressed and said that three days after the event with the town reduced to matchsticks, very little help had arrived.
  Wash the zucchini, cut them into 5mm thick ovals, and then cut each oval into thick matchsticks.
  Schools across the devastated region have been reduced to matchsticks.
  Peel the ginger and slice it thinly, then cut into thin matchsticks.
  After that, I sliced one clove of garlic and cut about 2 slices of pancetta into thin matchstick strips.
  Our salad was a large pile of finger-length matchsticks plopped into a small bowl, pieces dangling over the edges.
  It hit a local village, overturning boats and snapping trees like matchsticks.
  Pinch off a pea - to chickpea-sized piece of dough, and roll it between your palms to form a fat matchstick.
  Mine was a large piece of pink salmon on a bed of spinach, topped with red and green sauce and matchsticks of courgette.
2. 1.2British as modifier (of a figure) drawn with short, thin straight lines.
  matchstick men
  Example sentencesExamples
  As she sat up she had an almost transcendental sensation - like her torso was that of a matchstick figure and her head a huge lead balloon which only barely managed to cling to its stalk.
  The artist, legendary for his portraits of Salford's satanic mills and matchstick figures, had a secret hideaway that was very close to his heart.
  Whether depicting a shiny new shopping mall or an industrial complex, these illustrations are always peopled by rather uniform matchstick men, women and children.
  She enjoys watching transparent matchstick figures float into space.
  The council commissioned the sculpture of the world-famous artist who painted matchstick figures who lived in Mottram-in-Longdendale for nearly 30 years.

Definition of matchstick in US English:

matchstick

nounˈmætʃˌstɪkˈmaCHˌstik

1The stem of a match, especially a wooden one.
Example sentencesExamples
- This could include a bun, an egg, five matchsticks, a candle, and half a bottle of drinking water, some tea and some sugar.
- This includes screwdrivers, pliers, paraffin as a degreasing agent, brushes, cloths, matchsticks, light oils, scrubbing brush and washing up liquid.
- Why not make a structure out of matchsticks then?
- Somebody get some matchsticks to prop them open, please!
- Sometimes the game is played for matchsticks, the loser of each game taking a matchstick.
- Its significance grows as the tree is broken up into smaller components, such as paper or matchsticks.
- I got in early the next morning and there on my desk were two matchsticks.
- The relief material includes biscuits, water, candles, matchsticks and bread.
- Nothing is a waste for him: thorns, matchsticks, spare parts of wristwatches and electronic gadgets and pencils are all raw materials.
- Central London may be a long way away, and the skyscrapers may look more like distant matchsticks, but the astonishing thing is that the City is visible at all.
- Maybe it's actually some kind of pre-midlife crisis, the blogging equivalent of digging a hole in your back garden or building something really complicated out of matchsticks.
- Interestingly, the previous record in this category is a 6.3 feet tall matchstick Eiffel Tower using 15,000 matchsticks.
- Don't allow kids to play with matchsticks and electrical appliances.
- He then sticks matchsticks on it to create a pattern.
- They turned off the alarm, and one of them came out with the burned match and packet of matchsticks he had once possessed.
- Of course the reviewer was referring to modellers who don't use matches but just matchsticks, small pieces of wood.
- They picked at their calloused feet and scraped their teeth with matchsticks.
- Several trees snapped and broke apart like matchsticks, and as I climbed my tree, I could only hope that it, too, would not be swept away.
- Normally I carry screws, glue, steel wool, some wooden matchsticks, a multi-tool, some wire, and the binding diagram.
- Anyone got some eye-propping-open matchsticks I can borrow?
1. 1.1 Something likened to a match in being long and thin.
  cut the vegetables into matchsticks
  as modifier matchstick legs
  Example sentencesExamples
  Peel the carrots and shred them into matchstick pieces and mix them with the beanshoots.
  After that, I sliced one clove of garlic and cut about 2 slices of pancetta into thin matchstick strips.
  Peel the ginger and slice it thinly, then cut into thin matchsticks.
  It hit a local village, overturning boats and snapping trees like matchsticks.
  He was clearly distressed and said that three days after the event with the town reduced to matchsticks, very little help had arrived.
  Pinch off a pea - to chickpea-sized piece of dough, and roll it between your palms to form a fat matchstick.
  Mine was a large piece of pink salmon on a bed of spinach, topped with red and green sauce and matchsticks of courgette.
  Slice about half of the cheese thinly then cut each slice in thin matchsticks.
  Our salad was a large pile of finger-length matchsticks plopped into a small bowl, pieces dangling over the edges.
  Wash the zucchini, cut them into 5mm thick ovals, and then cut each oval into thick matchsticks.
  Schools across the devastated region have been reduced to matchsticks.

单词	matchstick
释义	Definition of matchstick in English: matchstick noun ˈmatʃstɪkˈmætʃˌstɪk 1The stem of a match. Example sentencesExamples Interestingly, the previous record in this category is a 6.3 feet tall matchstick Eiffel Tower using 15,000 matchsticks. Somebody get some matchsticks to prop them open, please! Normally I carry screws, glue, steel wool, some wooden matchsticks, a multi-tool, some wire, and the binding diagram. Why not make a structure out of matchsticks then? Its significance grows as the tree is broken up into smaller components, such as paper or matchsticks. The relief material includes biscuits, water, candles, matchsticks and bread. Several trees snapped and broke apart like matchsticks, and as I climbed my tree, I could only hope that it, too, would not be swept away. They turned off the alarm, and one of them came out with the burned match and packet of matchsticks he had once possessed. I got in early the next morning and there on my desk were two matchsticks. Maybe it's actually some kind of pre-midlife crisis, the blogging equivalent of digging a hole in your back garden or building something really complicated out of matchsticks. Nothing is a waste for him: thorns, matchsticks, spare parts of wristwatches and electronic gadgets and pencils are all raw materials. Don't allow kids to play with matchsticks and electrical appliances. Anyone got some eye-propping-open matchsticks I can borrow? This could include a bun, an egg, five matchsticks, a candle, and half a bottle of drinking water, some tea and some sugar. Central London may be a long way away, and the skyscrapers may look more like distant matchsticks, but the astonishing thing is that the City is visible at all. Of course the reviewer was referring to modellers who don't use matches but just matchsticks, small pieces of wood. They picked at their calloused feet and scraped their teeth with matchsticks. Sometimes the game is played for matchsticks, the loser of each game taking a matchstick. He then sticks matchsticks on it to create a pattern. This includes screwdrivers, pliers, paraffin as a degreasing agent, brushes, cloths, matchsticks, light oils, scrubbing brush and washing up liquid. 1.1 Something likened to a match in being long and thin. cut the vegetables into matchsticks Example sentencesExamples Slice about half of the cheese thinly then cut each slice in thin matchsticks. Peel the carrots and shred them into matchstick pieces and mix them with the beanshoots. He was clearly distressed and said that three days after the event with the town reduced to matchsticks, very little help had arrived. Wash the zucchini, cut them into 5mm thick ovals, and then cut each oval into thick matchsticks. Schools across the devastated region have been reduced to matchsticks. Peel the ginger and slice it thinly, then cut into thin matchsticks. After that, I sliced one clove of garlic and cut about 2 slices of pancetta into thin matchstick strips. Our salad was a large pile of finger-length matchsticks plopped into a small bowl, pieces dangling over the edges. It hit a local village, overturning boats and snapping trees like matchsticks. Pinch off a pea - to chickpea-sized piece of dough, and roll it between your palms to form a fat matchstick. Mine was a large piece of pink salmon on a bed of spinach, topped with red and green sauce and matchsticks of courgette. 1.2British as modifier (of a figure) drawn with short, thin straight lines. matchstick men Example sentencesExamples As she sat up she had an almost transcendental sensation - like her torso was that of a matchstick figure and her head a huge lead balloon which only barely managed to cling to its stalk. The artist, legendary for his portraits of Salford's satanic mills and matchstick figures, had a secret hideaway that was very close to his heart. Whether depicting a shiny new shopping mall or an industrial complex, these illustrations are always peopled by rather uniform matchstick men, women and children. She enjoys watching transparent matchstick figures float into space. The council commissioned the sculpture of the world-famous artist who painted matchstick figures who lived in Mottram-in-Longdendale for nearly 30 years. Definition of matchstick in US English: matchstick nounˈmætʃˌstɪkˈmaCHˌstik 1The stem of a match, especially a wooden one. Example sentencesExamples This could include a bun, an egg, five matchsticks, a candle, and half a bottle of drinking water, some tea and some sugar. This includes screwdrivers, pliers, paraffin as a degreasing agent, brushes, cloths, matchsticks, light oils, scrubbing brush and washing up liquid. Why not make a structure out of matchsticks then? Somebody get some matchsticks to prop them open, please! Sometimes the game is played for matchsticks, the loser of each game taking a matchstick. Its significance grows as the tree is broken up into smaller components, such as paper or matchsticks. I got in early the next morning and there on my desk were two matchsticks. The relief material includes biscuits, water, candles, matchsticks and bread. Nothing is a waste for him: thorns, matchsticks, spare parts of wristwatches and electronic gadgets and pencils are all raw materials. Central London may be a long way away, and the skyscrapers may look more like distant matchsticks, but the astonishing thing is that the City is visible at all. Maybe it's actually some kind of pre-midlife crisis, the blogging equivalent of digging a hole in your back garden or building something really complicated out of matchsticks. Interestingly, the previous record in this category is a 6.3 feet tall matchstick Eiffel Tower using 15,000 matchsticks. Don't allow kids to play with matchsticks and electrical appliances. He then sticks matchsticks on it to create a pattern. They turned off the alarm, and one of them came out with the burned match and packet of matchsticks he had once possessed. Of course the reviewer was referring to modellers who don't use matches but just matchsticks, small pieces of wood. They picked at their calloused feet and scraped their teeth with matchsticks. Several trees snapped and broke apart like matchsticks, and as I climbed my tree, I could only hope that it, too, would not be swept away. Normally I carry screws, glue, steel wool, some wooden matchsticks, a multi-tool, some wire, and the binding diagram. Anyone got some eye-propping-open matchsticks I can borrow? 1.1 Something likened to a match in being long and thin. cut the vegetables into matchsticks as modifier matchstick legs Example sentencesExamples Peel the carrots and shred them into matchstick pieces and mix them with the beanshoots. After that, I sliced one clove of garlic and cut about 2 slices of pancetta into thin matchstick strips. Peel the ginger and slice it thinly, then cut into thin matchsticks. It hit a local village, overturning boats and snapping trees like matchsticks. He was clearly distressed and said that three days after the event with the town reduced to matchsticks, very little help had arrived. Pinch off a pea - to chickpea-sized piece of dough, and roll it between your palms to form a fat matchstick. Mine was a large piece of pink salmon on a bed of spinach, topped with red and green sauce and matchsticks of courgette. Slice about half of the cheese thinly then cut each slice in thin matchsticks. Our salad was a large pile of finger-length matchsticks plopped into a small bowl, pieces dangling over the edges. Wash the zucchini, cut them into 5mm thick ovals, and then cut each oval into thick matchsticks. Schools across the devastated region have been reduced to matchsticks.
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