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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. wood in small pieces or splinters;
- Example: "the vessel was beaten to matchwood on the rocks"
[syn: matchwood, splinters]

2. wood suitable for making matchsticks;

3. fragments of wood;
- Example: "it was smashed into matchwood"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

matchwood \matchwood\ n.
   1. wood in small pieces or splinters; as, the vessel was
      beaten to matchwood on the rocks. [WordNet sense 1 & 3]

   Syn: splinters.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. Wood suitable for making matchsticks.
      [WordNet 1.5]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

matchwood
    n 1: wood in small pieces or splinters; "the vessel was beaten
         to matchwood on the rocks" [syn: matchwood, splinters]
    2: wood suitable for making matchsticks
    3: fragments of wood; "it was smashed into matchwood"