Matches is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for MATCHES in dictionary:

VERB:
• MATCH, to be equal to
• correspond or cause to correspond in some essential respect; make or be harmonious
• put (someone or something) together with someone or something else appropriate or harmonious
• be equal to (something) in quality or strength
• succeed in reaching or equalling (a standard or quality)
• equalize (two coupled electrical impedances) so as to bring about the maximum transfer of power from one to the other
• place (a person or group) in competition with another
NOUN:
• a contest in which people or teams compete against each other in a particular sport
• a person or thing that is equal to another in quality or strength
• a person or thing that resembles or corresponds to another
• a string that fulfils the specified conditions of a computer search
• a similar or complementary pair
• the fact or appearance of corresponding
• a person viewed in regard to their eligibility for marriage, especially as regards class or wealth
• a marriage
• a short, thin piece of wood or cardboard used to light a fire, being tipped with a composition that ignites when rubbed against a rough surface
• a piece of wick or cord designed to burn at a uniform rate, used for firing a cannon or lighting gunpowder.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to set in competition or opposition

Words related to MATCHES

match12 matched15 matching16

Words that contain MATCHES

smatches15 rematches16 mismatches19 outmatches17 cockmatches26 overmatches21 crossmatches21

How to use MATCHES in a sentence

• I had put a box of matches in my bag while I was upstairs, but I needed a candle.
• The windows, it appears, were locked to prevent throwing out of lighted cigars or matches.
• That is to say, I wish matches could be arranged to take place at a certain hour, following the plan adopted at Wimbledon and at all the meetings on the Continent.
• But as I passed into the passage, all was mere blank darkness, and I, depending upon the lamp, had left the matches in the other house.
• Matches and candles come from the big house, and I had to bring it down to them.
• In the other hand I held ready a couple of matches.
• Ravenslee lounged lower in the armchair and yawned behind the box of matches.
• This is a foretaste of the modern sentiment that seeks to wean him from watching football matches and take to miniature rifle clubs.
• Matches have been in use less than a hundred years.
• The young farmer did not smoke, and he seldom carried matches loose in his pockets.
• However, I kept the matches, hoping that I might dry them if I lived through the night.
• The event in which centered the interest of all gathered at those Saturday matches, was the shooting for the beef.
• When going into action, Teach wore a sling on his shoulders with three pairs of pistols, and struck lighted matches under the brim of his hat.
• He chose out an advance-guard of 200 of the strongest of his men, and sent them forward, with their matches lighted, to clear the road.
• They may well have flung away their lighted matches to gather up the spoils they found, and thus set fire to the place unwittingly.
• At the gates of one fine park, the owner, his wife and servants bestowed cigarettes, matches and other acceptable gifts upon the men as they marched past.
• He found no more gold nor pieces of candle, but here and there he perceived the ends of burnt wooden matches.
• On a little ledge stood a tin box in which they had kept the matches and candles.
• They went in vast droves to football matches, and did not care a rap if it rained.
• You will admit that there are not many better matches than he.
• We would give our friends a few matches to save for the hour of tribulation.
• We pass along the Strand and see a respectable young widow standing in the gutter, with a baby in her arms and a couple of boxes of matches in one hand.
• Some years back they were considered a sort of preaching matches.
• He lit matches and searched for lamp or candles, to find none.
• Take a bit of red paper that matches the red color of the spectrum.
• Tobacco, cigarettes and matches were on issue, but the tobacco was of too light a brand for me, so that Walkley used to trade off my share of the pernicious weed for matches.

Similar words containing MATCHE without suffix s

matched15 matcher14 matchet14 matchers15 matchets15 smatched16 smatches15 rematched17 rematches16 unmatched17 mismatched20 mismatches19 outmatched18 outmatches17 cockmatches26 overmatched22 overmatches21 crossmatched22 crossmatches21

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