[noun] [C] - the short wooden stick of a matchHe likes making models out of matchsticks.A matchstick figure is a stick figure (= a simple picture of a person, in which the head is drawn as a circle, and the body, arms and legs are drawn as lines).
MATCHSTICK
Meaning of MATCHSTICK in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012