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match·box

 (măch′bŏks′)
n.
A box in which to keep matches.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

matchbox

(ˈmætʃˌbɒks)
n
a small box for holding matches
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

match•box

(ˈmætʃˌbɒks)

n.
a small box for matches.
[1780–90]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.matchbox - a box for holding matchesmatchbox - a box for holding matches    
box - a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts"
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Translations
عُلْبة الكبريت، عُلْبَة عيدان الثَّقاب
krabička zápalek
tændstikæske
Streichholzschachtel
σπιρτόκουτο
gyufaskatulya
eldspÿtnastokkur
scatola di fiammiferi
fyrstikkeske
škatuľka zápaliek
škatlica za vžigalice
kibrit kutusu
火柴盒

matchbox

[ˈmætʃbɒks] N → caja f de fósforos or cerillas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

matchbox

[ˈmætʃbɒks] n → boîte f d'allumettes
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

matchbox

[ˈmætʃˌbɒks] n → scatola di fiammiferi
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

match1

(mӕtʃ) noun
a short piece of wood or other material tipped with a substance that catches fire when rubbed against a rough or specially-prepared surface. He struck a match.
ˈmatchbox noun
a box for holding matches.
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To my exceeding joy he stamped his little foot, and was so naughty that, in gratitude, I gave him five minutes with a matchbox. Matches, which he drops on the floor when lighted, are the greatest treat you can give David; indeed, I think his private heaven is a place with a roaring bonfire.
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He was about to throw away the matchbox too, but checked the movement of his hand and put the box in his pocket instead.
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He would fetch a man a mile to ring a bell a yard off--if it would summon another man three miles to fetch a matchbox three yards off.
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Also, he was warmly clad and had a full matchbox. Further to mitigate his predicament, on the fifth day he killed a wounded moose that weighed over half a ton.
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"My dear Dorian," answered Lord Henry, taking a cigarette from his case and producing a gold-latten matchbox, "the only way a woman can ever reform a man is by boring him so completely that he loses all possible interest in life.
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Then he fumbled in his bag, and taking out a matchbox and a piece of candle, proceeded to make a light.
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With writing it seems to me there's so much"--she paused for an expression, and rubbed her fingers in the earth--"scratching on the matchbox. Most of the time when I was reading Gibbon this afternoon I was horribly, oh infernally, damnably bored!" She gave a shake of laughter, looking at Hewet, who laughed too.
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But directly he added with an appearance of simplicity, "The side of your iron ship would have been crushed in like- like this matchbox."
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He extended his hand to put back the matchbox in its corner of the shelf.
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The latter arrived first, and Jurgis found him examining the "swag." There was a gold watch, for one thing, with a chain and locket; there was a silver pencil, and a matchbox, and a handful of small change, and finally a cardcase.
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Entering the other, he felt all over his table for the matchbox. The silence, but for the groping of his hand, was profound.
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Balls, concerts, dinners, matchboxes, ladies' dresses, beer, restaurants-- everything testified to sympathy with the Slavonic peoples.
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