matchstick
noun
match·stick
ˈmach-ˌstik 
1
: a slender piece especially of wood from which a match is made
2
: something resembling a matchstick especially in slenderness
cut a carrot into matchsticks
Examples of matchstick in a Sentence
Cut the peppers into pieces the size of matchsticks.
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The dead black spruce looked like a collection of giant burned matchsticks standing tall above the gray landscape as far as Jennifer Baltzer could see.
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Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2024
One of my favorites, done in gouache, chalk, watercolor, and pencil; sheep dance against a gray-green industrial background—mostly in pairs, balancing upright on each other's shoulders, their front legs crossing like matchsticks.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 June 2023
There is a knitwear cluster in Tiruppur, and the country’s biggest maker of matchsticks is in Sivakasi.
—Alex Travelli, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
Cut the zucchini into 4 equal sections, then cut each section into matchsticks.
—Bonnie S. Benwick, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
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Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2024
One of my favorites, done in gouache, chalk, watercolor, and pencil; sheep dance against a gray-green industrial background—mostly in pairs, balancing upright on each other's shoulders, their front legs crossing like matchsticks.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 June 2023
There is a knitwear cluster in Tiruppur, and the country’s biggest maker of matchsticks is in Sivakasi.
—Alex Travelli, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
Cut the zucchini into 4 equal sections, then cut each section into matchsticks.
—Bonnie S. Benwick, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
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“Matchstick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/matchstick. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.
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