fireplace match

Long wooden lighter

A fireplace match is an extra-long wooden match designed to light fires in fireplaces, wood stoves, or grills.

The extended length—typically nine to eleven inches—keeps hands safely distant from the flame.

They're also called long matches or hearth matches.

She struck a fireplace match and held it to the kindling.

Related
  • matchstickFriction-lit fire starter
  • boxLidded storage container
  • flameBurning gas made visible
  • headUppermost body part
  • tinderCombustible material for ignition

tip · blaze · sulfur · strike · ignition · fireplace · burning · chimney · hearth and home · flint · kindling · wood · phosphorus · firestarter · spark · brand · wood stove · paraffin wax

Opposites
fire-starting vs. fire-extinguishing implements

fireplace matchfire extinguisher

Portable flame suppression device

fire blanket · water bucket · fire hose · snuffer · candle snuffer

ignition method

fireplace matchlighter

Comparative of not heavy

electric starter · fire extinguisher · flint and steel · magnifying glass · bow drill

Family

fire, place, match, fires, fired, firing, places, placed, placing

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G