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Matchwood   Listen
noun
matchwood  n.  
1.
Wood in small pieces or splinters; as, the vessel was beaten to matchwood on the rocks.
Synonyms: splinters.
2.
Wood suitable for making matchsticks.





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"Matchwood" Quotes from Famous Books



... impending storm burst with terrible fury over that inland body of water. The raft went to pieces like matchwood, and Sconda had all that he could do to manage the boat. With the assistance of Taku, the unconscious man was carried inside, and as Glen watched by his side, unable to do anything for his relief, the tempest raged without. It was one of those terrific storms which at times sweep ...
— Glen of the High North • H. A. Cody
... maw. In every rocky fissure, where angry waves spout cliff-high and burst in clouds of spray; in every rugged inlet, where the far-flung roaring seas boil furiously, timbers and deck-hamper of vessels driven on a lee-shore churned ceaselessly, pounding themselves to matchwood. ...
— Stories of the Border Marches • John Lang and Jean Lang


Words linked to "Matchwood" :   splinters, chip, fleck, flake, bit


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