From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Daily lifematchstickmatch‧stick /ˈmætʃˌstɪk/ noun [countable]1TDa wooden match2 →matchstick men/figuresExamples from the Corpusmatchstick• The temporarybridge was first of all submerged then, like a matchstick, it was lifted up and sweptaside.• Woolley picked his teeth with a matchstick.• An explosion would have made a mess of them, and matchsticks of that tub.• There being no ink left in the pen, Pooley had pierced the points of his speculation through with defunctmatchsticks.• The heads of these children were no larger than the heads of matchsticks.• As there were not enough metre sticks to go round, l gave out matchsticks to represent the fences.• She had a bun of hair at her nape from which stuck out carvedhairpins, thinner than splitmatchsticks.• Place two matchsticks in this gap. 5.