matchbook

English

Several matchbooks, closed and open; the user should close before striking (that is, close the book before striking a match).

Etymology 1

From match +‎ book, since the 1890s. Paper matches were developed in the 1880s; folded books containing them, and the strike-on-cover concept, were developed in the 1890s; more in Wikipedia at matchbook.

Noun

matchbook (plural matchbooks)

2. A small assemblage of cut and folded paperboard comprising a folded sheet (the matchcover) and some rows of matches (paperboard strips with the ends dipped to produce the matchheads), generally with a striker on the outside.

   Hypernym: book (elliptically synonymous)

   Coordinate term: matchbox

   My company had matchbooks printed with the corporate logo as giveaway promotional items.

Related terms

• safety match
• strike a light

Translations

a small folded sheet of cardboard containing rows of cardboard matches

• Dutch: luciferboekje
• Finnish: tulitikkuvihko (fi)
• German: Streichholzbriefchen (de) n
• Italian: portafiammiferi m
• Polish: paczka zapałek tekturowych f

Etymology 2

From match +‎ book, since the mid-19th century or earlier.

Noun

matchbook (plural matchbooks)

2. (archaic, uncommon) A book in which data from sports matches is recorded.

   Hypernyms: book, record

   Near-synonym: scorebook

Related terms

• sportsbook

Anagrams

• bookmatch