matchbook

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
22
Words With Friends
24
Letters
9

Definition of matchbook

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A small assemblage of cut and folded paperboard comprising a folded sheet (the matchcover) and some rows of matches (paperboard strips with the ends dipped to produce the matchheads), generally with a striker on the outside.
    “My company had matchbooks printed with the corporate logo as giveaway promotional items.”
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noun

  1. A small assemblage of cut and folded paperboard comprising a folded sheet (the matchcover) and some rows of matches (paperboard strips with the ends dipped to produce the matchheads), generally with a striker on the outside.
    “My company had matchbooks printed with the corporate logo as giveaway promotional items.”
  2. (archaic, uncommon)A book in which data from sports matches is recorded.
    “Near-synonym: scorebook”

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Etymology

From match + book, since the 1890s. Paper matches were developed in the 1880s; folded books containing them, and the strike-on-cover concept, were developed in the 1890s; more in Wikipedia at matchbook.

Anagrams of matchbook

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Words you can make from matchbook

146 playable · top: KOBOCHA (18 pts)

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7-letter words

1 word

6-letter words

5 words

5-letter words

17 words

4-letter words

55 words

3-letter words

50 words

2-letter words

17 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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