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matchbook

noun

match·​book ˈmach-ˌbu̇k How to pronounce matchbook (audio)
: a small folder containing rows of paper matches

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Place one on your coffee table and use it to house your matchbook collection! Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2025 These sleek and convenient incense sticks are tucked into a matchbook and come in a variety of scents, including peony, Japanese cyprus, and Japanese wisteria. Melissa Locker, Time, 17 Nov. 2025 History Colorado, the state’s largest historical institution, confirmed this week that Barber has donated his massive collection of neon signs, matchbooks and menus, photographs, letters, and other ephemera from Colfax Avenue’s long, diverse history. John Wenzel, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025 Sowers, who has a small matchbook collection of his own, was inspired to bring matches to Eighty Eights after a trip to Brooklyn to visit his best friend. Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for matchbook

Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of matchbook was in 1937

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“Matchbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/matchbook. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.

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matchbook

noun
match·​book ˈmach-ˌbu̇k How to pronounce matchbook (audio)
: a small folder containing rows of paper matches
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