All English words - page 2104

Meanings of Matchbook:

noun

A small cardboard folder of matches with a striking surface on the back.

Usage examples:

T-shirts, shopping bags, matchbooks, baseball caps, magnets and coffee mugs soon joined her reperto…

Meanings of Matchbooks:

noun

A small cardboard folder of matches with a striking surface on the back.

Usage examples:

T-shirts, shopping bags, matchbooks, baseball caps, magnets and coffee mugs soon joined her reperto…

Meanings of Matchboxes:

noun

A small box in which matches are sold, with a striking surface on one side.

Usage examples:

The collection includes a horse so small it was originally sold in a matchbox and an 8ft rocking ho…

Meanings of Matchcoat:

noun

A kind of coat formerly worn by north american indians, originally made of furs, later of coarse woollen cloth (as supplied by white traders).

Meanings of Matched:

adjective

Put together as being equal, similar, or complementary to each other.

Usage examples:

A matched pair

verb

Correspond or cause to correspond in some essential respect; make or be harmonious.

Usage examples:

I thought we'd have primrose walls to match the bath

suffix

Similar and suitable for each other/different and not suitable for each other

Usage examples:

An ill-matched couple

Meanings of Matchers:

noun

A person who matches one thing with another.

Meanings of Matches:

noun

A contest in which people or teams compete against each other in a particular sport.

Usage examples:

A boxing match

verb

Correspond or cause to correspond in some essential respect; make or be harmonious.

Usage examples:

I thought we'd have primrose walls to match the bath

Meanings of Matchet:

noun

A broad, heavy knife used as an implement or weapon, originating in central america and the caribbean.

Usage examples:

In one hundred days nearly a million people were to die from bullets, grenades, machetes, and knives.

Meanings of Matching:

adjective

Corresponding in pattern, colour, or design; complementary.

Usage examples:

A blue jacket and matching skirt

verb

Correspond or cause to correspond in some essential respect; make or be harmonious.

Usage examples:

I thought we'd have primrose walls to match the bath

noun

The act of giving or offering the same amount of money as has been given, collected, or offered by someone else

Usage examples:

Price matching is not our usual policy., the matching principle requires that expenses be matched w…

Meanings of Matchlocks:

noun

A type of gun with a lock in which a piece of wick or cord is placed for igniting the powder.

Usage examples:

Matchlock guns

Meanings of Matchmaker:

noun

A person who arranges marriages or initiates romantic relationships between others.

Usage examples:

An enthusiastic matchmaker who continually tried to pair off the difficult bachelor with unattached…

Meanings of Matchmaking:

noun

The arranging of marriages or initiation of romantic relationships between others.

Usage examples:

Opportunities for matchmaking between her daughter and some suitable partners

Meanings of Matchstick:

noun

The stem of a match.

Usage examples:

Of course the reviewer was referring to modellers who don't use matches but just matchsticks, small…

Meanings of Matchy:

adjective

Very or excessively colour-coordinated.

Usage examples:

The key to looking stylish is to avoid an outfit that's too matchy-matchy

Meanings of Mate:

noun

The sexual partner of a bird or other animal.

Usage examples:

A male bird sings to court a mate

verb

(of animals or birds) come together for breeding; copulate.

Usage examples:

Successful males may mate with many females

Meanings of Mated:

verb

(of animals or birds) come together for breeding; copulate.

Usage examples:

Successful males may mate with many females

noun

The sexual partner of a bird or other animal.

Usage examples:

A male bird sings to court a mate

Meanings of Matehood:

noun

The state or fact of being a mate.

Meanings of Matellasse:

noun

A silk or wool fabric woven so as to have a raised surface with a quilted appearance.

Usage examples:

An arm chair upholstered in ivory matelassé

Meanings of Matelot:

noun

A sailor.

Usage examples:

Tv chiefs are to hold a talent contest to find the best singing sailors, matelots, seamen and ship-…

Meanings of Matelote:

noun

A dish of fish in a sauce of wine and onions.

Usage examples:

On the menu were classics unheard of in fifties london: paté de campagne, matelote d' anguille and …

Meanings of Matelotes:

noun

A dish of fish cooked in a sauce that includes onions and wine

Usage examples:

Matelote du rhin is an impressive stew of freshwater fish marinated in white wine., a matelote sauc…

Meanings of Mater:

noun

Mother.

Usage examples:

The mater has kept on the house in london

Meanings of Material:

noun

The matter from which a thing is or can be made.

Usage examples:

Goats can eat more or less any plant material

adjective

Denoting or consisting of physical objects rather than the mind or spirit.

Usage examples:

The material world

Meanings of Materialisation:

noun

An occasion when someone or something appears, often suddenly

Usage examples:

The book charts the earth's evolution up until the materialization of homo sapiens., a little stran…

Meanings of Materialise:

verb

Become actual fact; happen.

Usage examples:

The forecast rate of increase did not materialize