matchwood in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for matchwood in the English»French Dictionary

matchwood [Brit ˈmatʃwʊd, Am ˈmætʃˌwʊd] N

matchwood

éclats mpl de bois

matchwood

copeaux mpl

to reduce sth to matchwood

réduire qc en miettes

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English

The wood may be used for matchwood and plywood.

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Alas, what made the tree famous, essentially also made it matchwood.

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Within five minutes, all that's left is a pile of matchwood, an iron brace and a tangle of rusting strings.

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Trees were uprooted and reduced to mere matchwood.

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There is a certainty about him that makes matchwood of any doubts about his capacity to shape the course of any game.

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The ice could have knocked us into matchwood.

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