(metalworking) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly embedded when a mould is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mould.
“She struck a matchstick against the rough surface, igniting the candle and casting a warm glow across the room.”
“After that, I sliced one clove of garlic and cut about 2 slices of pancetta into thin matchstick strips.”
“Remove the strike plate and fill the screw holes with wood putty or a glued matchstick.”
matching
(graph theory) A set of independent edges in a given graph, i.e. a set of edges which do not intersect: so-called because pairs of vertices are "matched" to each other one-to-one.