match : Idioms & Phrases

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

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

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• noun a match between chess players
  

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• noun a match between two cricket teams
  

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

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

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• a box for holding matches.

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• 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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• 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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• (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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• noun golf scoring by holes won
  

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

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• 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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• (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` noun

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1. A coarse cloth.

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Match"-coat` noun

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1. A coat made of match-cloth.

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

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

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

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• a match which ignites by percussion.

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• noun a practice or exhibition boxing match
  

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

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• noun a match between tennis players
  

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

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• 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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• noun a match between wrestlers
  

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