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safety match

noun

  1. a match designed to ignite only when rubbed on a specially prepared surface.


safety match

noun

  1. a match that will light only when struck against a specially prepared surface
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of safety match1

First recorded in 1860–65
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Example Sentences

He took one up, eased a stray safety match from his vest pocket, flicked it with his fingernail, and lit up.

Frey reached in his pocket and pulled out a safety match and flicked it with his fingernail.

Mrs. van Warmelo says the instructions were dispatched in a false double-bottom of an ordinary safety match-box.

After several ineffectual attempts to light this, he discovered it was a safety-match.

The outside cover of a small safety match box is given to the first man on each team.

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