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English noun: matchwood

1. matchwood (substance) wood in small pieces or splinters


SamplesThe vessel was beaten to matchwood on the rocks.


Synonymssplinters


Broader (hypernym)wood

2. matchwood (substance) wood suitable for making matchsticks


Broader (hypernym)wood

3. matchwood (object) fragments of wood


SamplesIt was smashed into matchwood.


Broader (hypernym)bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap









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