Match
A match is a tool for starting a fire under controlled conditions. A typical modern match is made of a small wooden stick or stiff paper. One end is coated with a material that can be ignited by frictional heat generated by striking the match against a suitable surface. Matches are usually sold in quantity; wooden ones are packaged in boxes, and paper matches are clustered in rows stapled into matchbooks. They are commonly sold by tobacconists and many other kinds of shops. The coated end of a match, known as the match "head," contains either phosphorus or phosphorus sesquisulfide as the active ingredient and gelatin as a binder. There are two main types of matches: safety matches, which can be struck only against a specially prepared surface, and strike-anywhere matches, for which any suitably frictional surface can be used. Some match-like compositions, known as electric matches, are ignited electrically and do not make use of heat from friction.
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... on December 12, 2005 a big farewell match was organised between Al-Hilal and Valencia CF more than 65,000 people packed in King Fahd Stadium the match ...
1890s with the American Joshua Pusey, who sold his patent to the Diamond Match Company ... The Diamond Match Company was later bought by Bryant and May ... The hobby of collecting match-related items, such as matchcovers and matchbox labels, is known as phillumeny ...
... Match Game (also called The Match Game, Match Game 7x, and Match Game PM) is an American television game show in which contestants attempted to match celebrities' answers to fill-in-the-blank questions ... versions of the 1970s and 1980s, starting with Match Game 73, are remembered for their bawdy and sometimes rowdy humor involving contestants trying ...
... Hair match, where they faced Team Joaquín Roldán (Electroshock and L.A ... Electroshock won the match for his team by pinning Angle, forcing Dorian to have his head shaved bald ... However, after the match, Angle, Jarrett and Dorian overpowered the winners and shaved Joaquín bald ...
... stationed in or near the ring, with the object of the match being to trap the opposing wrestler in it ... the name of the container, such as Ambulance match and the Casket match ... A similar type of match aims to restrain opposing wrestlers somehow, and the match often takes the name of the restraining device - for example, the Stretcher ...
More definitions of "match":
- (noun): Lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction.
Example: "He always carries matches to light his pipe"
Synonyms: lucifer, friction match
- (verb): Provide funds complementary to.
Example: "The company matched the employees' contributions"
- (verb): Give or join in marriage.
- (noun): A burning piece of wood or cardboard.
Example: "If you drop a match in there the whole place will explode"
- (noun): A formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete.
- (verb): Make correspond or harmonize.
Example: "Match my sweater"
Synonyms: fit
- (verb): Be equal to in quality or ability.
Example: "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"
Synonyms: equal, touch, rival
- (verb): Set into opposition or rivalry.
Example: "Let them match their best athletes against ours"
Synonyms: pit, oppose, play off
- (verb): Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics.
Example: "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"
Synonyms: fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
- (noun): The score needed to win a match.
- (noun): Something that resembles or harmonizes with.
Example: "That tie makes a good match with your jacket"
- (verb): Be equal or harmonize.
Example: "The two pieces match"
- (verb): Bring two objects, ideas, or people together.
Example: "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"
Synonyms: mate, couple, pair, twin
- (noun): A person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect.
Synonyms: catch
Famous quotes containing the word match:
“You look rather rash my dear your colors don’t quite match your face.”
—Daisy Ashford (1881–1972)
“We cannot expect in the immediate future that all women who seek it will achieve full equality of opportunity. But if women are to start moving towards that goal, we must believe in ourselves or no one else will believe in us; we must match our aspirations with the competence, courage and determination to succeed.”
—Rosalyn Yalow (b. 1921)
“The ease with which problems are understood and solved on paper, in books and magazine articles, is never matched by the reality of the mother’s experience. . . . Her child’s behavior often does not follow the storybook version. Her own feelings don’t match the way she has been told she ought to feel. . . . There is something wrong with either her child or her, she thinks. Either way, she accepts the blame and guilt.”
—Elaine Heffner (20th century)