matchsticks in English

noun
1
the stem of a match, especially a wooden one.
Of course the reviewer was referring to modellers who don't use matches but just matchsticks , small pieces of wood.

Use "matchsticks" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "matchsticks" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "matchsticks", or refer to the context using the word "matchsticks" in the English Dictionary.

1. A livid bruise welled on her cheek where Matchsticks had struck her.

2. Trees and telegraph poles were uprooted; others were snapped in half like matchsticks.

3. It was as tall and cold as a glacier rolling down a valley, crunching trees like matchsticks.

4. The destructive winds of Tropical Iselle, which hit the Big Island in early August 2014, toppled Albizias like matchsticks.

5. She had a bun of hair at her nape from which stuck out carved hairpins, thinner than split matchsticks.

6. There being no ink left in the pen, Pooley had pierced the points of his speculation through with defunct matchsticks.

7. ‘Now's the time for fresh, fragrant Courgette flowers, purple basil, miniature lemons - everything becomes lighter and tastier, and we know summer is fast approaching.’ ‘Mine was a large piece of pink salmon on a bed of spinach, topped with red and green sauce and matchsticks of Courgette.’