noun
- wood that has been splintered or broken into very small pieces
- wood suitable for making matches
Examples
- The old fence was reduced to matchwood after the storm.
- The collision turned the wooden crate into matchwood.
- He kicked the rotten door and it splintered into matchwood.
- The factory processes soft wood into matchwood for the match industry.
- After the explosion, nothing remained but matchwood and dust.
- The carpenter swept up the matchwood from his workbench.