1. Plural of matchwood; small pieces of wood suitable for making matches, or wood reduced to splinters or fragments.
Usage: Often used in the phrase 'smashed to matchwood' or 'reduced to matchwood' to describe something broken into small pieces.

Examples

• The old furniture was broken into matchwoods during the move.
• The collision reduced the car to matchwoods.
• After the storm, branches lay scattered as matchwoods across the yard.
• The carpenter sorted through the scrap wood, setting aside pieces suitable for matchwoods.
• The explosion smashed the wooden structure to matchwoods.