matchstick

noun

match·stick ˈmach-ˌstik

: a slender piece especially of wood from which a match is made

: 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.

Recent Examples on the Web 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. —

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 See all Example Sentences for matchstick

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