matchstick
/ˈmætʃˌstɪk/
noun
- A thin piece of wood or cardboard with a tip that can be struck to produce a flame.
- The old man kept a box of matchsticks in his pocket for his pipe.
- She carefully struck a matchstick against the box.
- He lit the candle with a matchstick.
- Something that is very thin or fragile, like a matchstick.
- The legs of that chair are as thin as matchsticks.
- He broke the twig into matchstick-sized pieces for the fire.
- After the drought, the river had shrunk to a matchstick of its former self.