matchet
— Noun
– English
~ a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation
matching funds
— Noun
– English
~ funds that will be supplied in an amount matching the funds available from other sources
matchlock
— Noun
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~ an early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge
matchmaker
— Noun
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~ someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others
matchmaking
— Noun
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~ mediation in order to bring about a marriage between others
matchstick
— Noun
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~ a short thin stick of wood used in making matches
matchup
— Noun
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~ the pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition; "it was a good match-up but the home team won"; "we need a matchup of the best teachers with the neediest schools"
matchweed
— Noun
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~ any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches
matchwood
— Noun
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~ wood in small pieces or splinters; "the vessel was beaten to matchwood on the rocks"
matchwood
— Noun
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~ wood suitable for making matchsticks
matchwood
— Noun
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~ fragments of wood; "it was smashed into matchwood"
mate
— Noun
– English
~ a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against his former teammates"
mate
— Noun
– English
~ an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook"
mate
— Noun
– English
~ the officer below the master on a commercial ship
mate
— Noun
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~ one of a pair; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown"
mate
— Noun
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~ South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
mate
— Noun
– English
~ a person's partner in marriage
mate
— Noun
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~ the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates"
mate
— Noun
– English
~ South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
mate
— Noun
– English
~ a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king