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thumb|German matchbox containing safety matches.
A matchbox is a container or case for matches, made of cardboard, thin wood, or metal, generally in the form of a box with a separate drawer sliding inside the cover. Matchboxes generally measure 5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, and commonly have coarse striking surfaces on the edges for lighting the matches. Cylindrical matchboxes with a round cover on one end are also available.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “matchbox” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.