matchhead
nounEtymology From match + head.
1
The head of a match, especially the easily ignited and highly flammable head of a friction match.
- Holonym: match
- He struck the match and immediately touched it to the others in the book. There was a ffffhut! sound, a strong whiff of burning sulfur that went into his head like a whiff of smelling salts, and a bright flare of matchheads.1999, Stephen King, 1408:
- Related terms
- matchbook, matchbox, matchcover, matchstick