match
noun
a slender piece of wood, cardboard, or other flammable material tipped with a chemical substance that produces fire when rubbed on a rough or chemically prepared surface.
matchable
-
a word derived from
match.
Example Sentences
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Presidents have found that dealing with the "unnatural" concepts of communism was often more difficult than confronting Soviet military power, which was measurable and matchable.
From Time Magazine Archive
But because an average of 36% of all contributions is matchable by federal funds, candidates who raise $20 million this year can expect a sudden infusion of $7.2 million on the first of next year.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is a far cry from the woman so enshrined to the child of seventeen years who was without "fit and matchable conversation" for her irritable, intolerant poet-husband.
From Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary by Anne Manning
The drapery of Rossetti's pictures is wonderfully powerful and solid; his colour may be said to be at times almost matchable with that of certain of the Venetian painters, though different in kind.
From Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti by Sir Hall Caine
This stupid arrogance would be matchable only in the vegetables declaring that all animals were made for their sustenance.
From Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures by Logan Mitchell
