Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. 
 wood in small pieces or splinters; 
- Example: "the vessel was beaten to matchwood on the rocks"[syn: matchwood, splinters]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
splinters
    n 1: wood in small pieces or splinters; "the vessel was beaten
         to matchwood on the rocks" [syn: matchwood, splinters]