MATCHSTICK


Meaning of MATCHSTICK in English

/mach"stik'/ , n.

1. a short, slender piece of flammable wood used in making matches.

2. something that suggests a matchstick, as in thinness or fragility.

[ 1785-95; MATCH 1 + STICK 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .