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matchbox

noun

match·​box ˈmach-ˌbäks How to pronounce matchbox (audio)
: a box for matches

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Before guests bid the evening adieu, everyone made sure to stash a Net-a-Porter x Le Dive matchbox in their back pocket or mini-bag. Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2022 Justice Alito added the diminished stigma of unwed motherhood to his matchbox of arguments that set aflame a half-century of legal precedent. Maria Laurino, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2022 The video, which circulated on social media in the aftermath of the killing, appears to show her attackers holding a matchbox and celebrating after setting her alight. Stephanie Busari, CNN, 13 May 2022 Guards would give a small biscuit to any prisoner who could fill up a matchbox with dead flies. San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2022 Bob crouched with a matchbox while Kate held the boys back. Graham Swift, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022 The balance is off, leaning toward the skinny matchbox skyscrapers reaching up from midtown, each vying for the record of tallest. Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Sep. 2021 As helicopters landed one after another, military personnel handed out matchbox-size cardboard boxes with ear plugs and corralled people onto the choppers. New York Times, 15 Aug. 2021 Farnsworth Fine Cannabis has also launched a 4-piece accessory set, which retails for $495, and includes a matchbox and cigarette holder, a rolling paper tray and an ashtray available in silver or gold plate. Javier Hasse, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1853, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of matchbox was in 1853

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