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MATCH STICK

Specialty Definition: MATCH STICK

DomainDefinition

Industry

More particularly, the round or rectangular, rigid stick that, tipped with a flammable substance, constitutes a match. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: MATCH STICK

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

match stick

11

blind match stick

10

death figure match stick

7

match stick shades

3

death match stick

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: MATCH STICK

Language Translations for "MATCH STICK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

taendstik (match, match splint, splint). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

luciferstokje (match splint, splint), lucifer (Lucifer, match, Satan). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tulitikkusäle (match splint, splint). (various references)

   

French

  

bûchette (match splint). (various references)

   

German

  

Zündholz (match, matchstick), Streichholz (match, vesta). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σχίζα (sliver, splint, splinter). (various references)

   

Italian

  

stecco di fiammiferi (match splint, splint). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

atchmay ickstay

   

Portuguese

  

palito fosfórico (match splint, splint). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

palillo para fósforos (match splint, splint). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tändsticka (match, safety match). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: MATCH STICK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: matchstick.

Words within the letters "a-c-c-h-i-k-m-s-t-t"

-3 letters: cattish, chasmic, schtick, tachism, tachist, tactics, tictacs.

-4 letters: attics, chiasm, chicks, hakims, kismat, kitsch, mastic, misact, schtik, shtick, static, stitch, tactic, thacks, thicks, tictac.

-5 letters: acmic, aitch, attic, cacti, catch, chams, chasm, chats, chias, chick, chics, chits, hacks, haiks, hakim, hicks, ikats, khats, kiths, machs, macks, maist, match, maths, matts, micas, micks, mitts.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-c-h-i-k-m-s-t-t"
 

+1 letter: matchsticks.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Expressions: Internet
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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