match : Idioms & Phrases


book matches

  • noun a paper match that strikes only on a specially prepared surface
    book matches.
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boxing match

  • noun a match between boxers; usually held in a boxing ring
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chess match

  • noun a match between chess players
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cricket match

  • noun a match between two cricket teams
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friction match

  • noun lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction
    lucifer; match.
    • he always carries matches to light his pipe
    • as long you've a lucifer to light your fag
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kitchen match

  • noun a wooden friction match that will light on any granular surface; useful to light wood or gas stoves
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Love match

  • noun a marriage for love's sake; not an arranged marriage
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  • a marriage brought about by love alone.
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Match boarding

  • (Carp.), boards fitted together with tongue and groove, or prepared to be so fitted.
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Match box

  • a box for holding matches.
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Match game

  • noun an international championship match
    matched game; match game.
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  • a game arranged as a test of superiority.
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Match plane

  • noun a plane having cutters designed to make the tongues and grooves on the edges of matchboards
    tonguing and grooving plane.
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  • (Carp.), either of the two planes used to shape the edges of boards which are joined by grooving and tonguing.
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Match plate

  • (Founding), a board or plate on the opposite sides of which the halves of a pattern are fastened, to facilitate molding. Knight.
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match play

  • noun golf scoring by holes won
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match point

  • noun (tennis) the final point needed to win a match (especially in tennis)
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Match tub

  • a tub with a perforated cover for holding slow matches for firing cannon, esp. on board ship. The tub contains a little water in the bottom, for extinguishing sparks from the lighted matches.
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Match wheel

  • (Mach.), a cogwheel of suitable pitch to work with another wheel; specifically, one of a pair of cogwheels of equal size.
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match-cloth

Match"-cloth` noun
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  1. A coarse cloth.
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match-coat

Match"-coat` noun
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  1. A coat made of match-cloth.
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match-up

  • noun the pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition
    matchup.
    • it was a good match-up but the home team won
    • we need a matchup of the best teachers with the neediest schools
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matched game

  • noun an international championship match
    matched game; match game.
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matching funds

  • noun funds that will be supplied in an amount matching the funds available from other sources
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Matching machine

  • a planing machine for forming a tongue or a groove on the edge of a board.
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Percussion match

  • a match which ignites by percussion.
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Quick match

  • threads of cotton or cotton wick soaked in a solution of gunpowder mixed with gum arabic and boiling water and afterwards strewed over with mealed powder. It burns at the rate of one yard in thirteen seconds, and is used as priming for heavy mortars, fireworks, etc.
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Safety match

  • noun a paper match that strikes only on a specially prepared surface
    book matches.
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  • a match which can be ignited only on a surface specially prepared for the purpose.
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Slow match

  • noun match or fuse made to burn slowly and evenly
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  • slightly twisted hempen rope soaked in a solution of limewater and saltpeter or washed in a lye of water and wood ashes. It burns at the rate of four or five inches an hour, and is used for firing cannon, fireworks, etc.
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sparring match

  • noun a practice or exhibition boxing match
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Spelling match

  • a contest of skill in spelling words, between two or more persons.
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tennis match

  • noun a match between tennis players
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test match

  • noun an international championship match
    matched game; match game.
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text-matching

  • noun a computer program that looks for text that matches a given text
    • Google uses text-matching to find web pages containing a particular text
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wrestling match

  • noun a match between wrestlers
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