matchbook

noun

match·​book ˈmach-ˌbu̇k How to pronounce matchbook (audio)
: a small folder containing rows of paper matches

Examples of matchbook in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The quirky writing contest hosted by the Library Shop SD, based at the San Diego downtown library, asks participants to develop a story short enough to fit inside a matchbook. Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2023 At one point, Ernestine poured gasoline over Irving’s convertible, an Oldsmobile Delta 88, and threatened him with a matchbook. Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024 The artist will personalize up to 15 matchbooks from your favorite restaurants, vacation destinations, parks, or anywhere that’s special to you and your partner. Jessica Comstock, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2024 Her matchbook will also be displayed among past winners as part of the Tiny Book Display in the Hervey Family Rare Book Room at the Central Library. Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2023 Special matchbook art can also be commissioned by sending in a matchbook from a favorite spot. Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023 Gutierrez received a $50 Library Shop gift card and will have her story printed on 2,000 matchbooks that will be sold there. Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2023 There is no word limit, but the story must fit on the inside of a matchbook. Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2023 The device’s most sci-fi element — the laser that projects a text menu onto a hand — started inside a box the size of a matchbook. Photographs and Videos By Kelsey McClellan, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of matchbook was in 1937

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“Matchbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/matchbook. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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matchbook

noun
match·​book ˈmach-ˌbu̇k How to pronounce matchbook (audio)
: a small folder containing rows of paper matches
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