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matchwood

DEFINITIONS OF: matchwood

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n fragments of wood

“it was smashed into matchwood”
Type of:
bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

n wood in small pieces or splinters

“the vessel was beaten to matchwood on the rocks”
Synonyms:
splinters
Type of:
wood
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

n wood suitable for making matchsticks

Type of:
wood
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
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