| NOUN | substance | matchwood, splinters | wood in small pieces or splinters |
|---|---|---|---|
| substance | matchwood | wood suitable for making matchsticks | |
| object | matchwood | fragments of wood |
| Meaning | wood in small pieces or splinters. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the vessel was beaten to matchwood on the rocks" | |
| Synonym | splinters | |
| Broader | wood | The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
| Spanish | astilla | |
| Catalan | estella | |
| Meaning | wood suitable for making matchsticks. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | wood | The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
| Meaning | fragments of wood. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "it was smashed into matchwood" | |
| Broader | bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap | A small fragment of something broken ... / broken off from the whole |
| Spanish | astilla | |
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