matchbox
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of matchbox
Example Sentences
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These so-called inertial navigation units, which range from the size of a matchbox to that of a Kleenex box, can be made for use in the air, on land, underground or underwater.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
Her first illusion was turning a penny into a dime using a matchbox.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2025
It’s mostly not acceptable to go about daily life dressed as a matchbox or wearing a bird’s nest, rubbish, or lobster claws on one’s head, even if it is designed by Dior.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025
It passed people selling sculptures and paintings and bouquets and sunglasses and multicolored matchbox cars.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
It got so bad that when the concerts were over, he took to crawling into the matchbox and pushing up a piece of Kleenex to block the entrance.
From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden
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