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Definition of Matchbook
1. Noun. A small folder of paper safety matches.
Definition of Matchbook
1. Noun. A small folded sheet of cardboard containing rows of cardboard matches, generally with a striker on the outside. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Matchbook
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Matchbook
Literary usage of Matchbook
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wood Pelletization Source Book: A Sample Business Plan for the Potential by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Raw materials, approximately the size of a matchbook or smaller, ... Incoming raw
materials, larger than a matchbook or more than one cubic inch, ..."
2. Youth & Drugs: Society's Mixed Messages edited by Hank Resnik (1994)
"By 1920 most cigarette purchases included a free matchbook. As stated by Sobel (1978,
p. 67): "Matches altered the way cigarettes were smoked, ..."
3. Obituary Prior to 1800: (as Far as Relates to England, Scotland, and Ireland) by William Musgrave, George John Armytage, Harleian Society (1901)
"James, Keeper of the matchbook at Newmarket. 31 Oct. 1794. (GM „ John, Hs. Gds.
17 Oct. 1769. (LM 545.) „ Jonathan, mercht. 3 June 1768, aet. 90. (GM 303. ..."
4. Deconstructing the Computer: Report of a Symposium by Dale Weldeau Jorgenson, Charles W. Wessner (2005)
"... a 3-cm disc using a blue laser in a drive about the size of a matchbook that
could accommodate a removable piece of optical storage holding a gigabyte. ..."
5. Eclipse & OK̓elly: Being a Complete History So Far as is Known of that by Theodore Andrea Cook (1907)
"... the date when the " Racing Calendar " was first produced by James Weatherby, "
Keeper of the matchbook," gives a very significant indication of the aims ..."
6. Ten-minute Plays by Lindsay Price, Price, Lindsay, 1969- (2002)
"As she rises she decides to grab the matchbook off her nightstand and add it to
her pant pocket. She makes her way to her mirror and looks at her reflection ..."
7. Seven Days of the Scepter by J T Watz (2007)
"Chase dropped the matchbook from his left coat pocket into the empty cup holder.
"This is an address to a local saloon in some godforsaken neighborhood I've ..."
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