kitchen match

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noun

a wooden friction match with a large head, used especially for igniting gas ovens or burners.

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Origin of kitchen match

First recorded in 1950–55

Words nearby kitchen match

kitchener, kitchenette, kitchen garden, kitchen kaffir, kitchenmaid, kitchen match, kitchen midden, kitchen police, kitchen sink, kitchen tea, kitchenware

How to use kitchen match in a sentence

Part of the problem is the mandate of the war and the means with which the U.S. is fighting it do not match up.
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We can also begin to plan our wardrobes to match our new and improved selves.
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When he is awarded Player of the Match while competing for India in England, he is given champagne at the ceremony.
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In another, they sit smiling inside their Los Angeles apartment at a messy kitchen table.
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The trouble is, Pakistan kept losing its wars with India and is indeed no match for India.
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But the greatest danger I ever underwent in that kingdom was from a monkey, who belonged to one of the clerks of the kitchen.
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The smoke from her kitchen fire rose white as she put in dry sumac to give it a start.
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Little did Tressan dream to what a cask of gunpowder he was applying the match of his smug pertness.
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He went himself to the kitchen, which was a building apart from the cottages and lying to the rear of the house.
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A cricket-match was in progress, but the bowling and batting were extremely wild, thanks to The Warren strong beer.
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