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matchstick definition

match·stick (-stik′)

noun

  1. the thin piece of wood, cardboard, etc. of a match
  2. something thin like this

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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