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matchwood

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match·wood  (mchwd)
n.
1. Wood in small pieces or splinters suitable especially for making matches.
2. Splinters: The vessel was beaten to matchwood on the rocks.

matchwood [ˈmætʃˌwʊd]
n
1. wood suitable for making matches
2. splinters or fragments the bomb blew the house to matchwood
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.matchwood - wood in small pieces or splinters; "the vessel was beaten to matchwood on the rocks"
wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
2.matchwood - wood suitable for making matchsticks
wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
3.matchwood - fragments of wood; "it was smashed into matchwood"
chip, fleck, scrap, bit, flake - a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
Translations
matchwood [ˈmætʃwʊd] Nastillas fpl
to smash sth to matchwoodhacer algo añicos
to be smashed to matchwoodhacerse añicos
matchwood [ˈmætʃˌwud] nlegno per fiammiferi
the boat was smashed to matchwood (fig) → la barca fu completamente sfasciata
matchwood [ˈmætʃˌwud] nlegno per fiammiferi
the boat was smashed to matchwood (fig) → la barca fu completamente sfasciata


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The chair went to matchwood at the bottom, and we rolled apart into the gutter.
The great stick was torn from his grasp and broken in two as though it had been matchwood, to be flung aside as the now infuriated beast charged for his adversary's throat.
When I remember how I've cut down a mile and a half of green poisonous jungle with an old cutlass half as sharp as this; and then remember I must stop here and chop this matchwood, because of some confounded old bargain scribbled in a family Bible, why, I--"
 
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