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Noun: matchwood  'mach,wûd
  1. Wood in small pieces or splinters
    "the vessel was beaten to matchwood on the rocks"
     
  2. Wood suitable for making matchsticks
     
  3. Fragments of wood
    "it was smashed into matchwood"

Derived forms: matchwoods

Type of: bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap, wood

Encyclopedia: Matchwood, Michigan

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