Things thrown at the match (8)
I believe the answer is:
confetti
'match' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'things thrown at the' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'at' could be 'on' (location) and 'on' is located in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for confetti that I've seen before include "Scraps of coloured paper thrown in celebration" , "It's targeted at newlyweds" , "It is thrown at happy 16s" , "Celebratory scraps of coloured paper thrown at weddings" , "shower of a union?" .)