Definitions for matches
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1. matches

   A match is a tool for starting a fire. Typically, matches are made of small wooden sticks or stiff paper. One end is coated with a material that can be ignited by friction generated by striking the match against a suitable surface. Wooden matches are packaged in matchboxes, and paper matches are partially cut into rows and stapled into matchbooks. The coated end of a match, known as the match "head", consists of a bead of active ingredients and binder, often colored for easier inspection. There are two main types of matches: safety matches, which can be struck only against a specially prepared surface, and strike-anywhere matches, for which any suitably frictional surface can be used. Because of the substance used to coat each match, this makes them non-biodegradable.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'matches' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4156

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'matches' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3714

Anagrams for matches »

1. chamets

2. schemat

How to pronounce matches?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of matches in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of matches in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of matches in a Sentence

1. Sam Seddon:

   The gladiatorial format of tennis lends itself to identifying specific factors that are key to matches, it's easier in that sense than football.

2. Novak Djokovic:

   Stefan Edberg's one of the people that actually made me a better player, in the matches against Stefan Edberg, I went through a lot of different emotions and things that allowed me to understand what I need to do to become a better player and to win against him and win grand slam trophies.

3. Mohammed Daud Khan:

   I feel the happiest when I can light my American cigarettes with Soviet matches.

4. Marc McAndrews:

   There's a creativity to it, after the matches, (the wrestlers) are all banged up, but the way that they go back and look at what they've done and try to become better at this type of performance, I see almost an artistic side to it.

5. Marco Trungelliti:

   Its way beyond, from my perspective, theres more than a few of the top 100 players that before were fixing matches or something like that. Its not just something that just happens only in Argentina or Latin America. It happens all over the world and the federation has to take care of it besides the Grand Slams. ... Thats the only way I see it can be fixed.

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