jewel box

noun

1
: a small box or case designed to hold jewelry
2
: a thin plastic case for a CD or DVD

called also jewel case

3
: something (such as a theater) of exquisite or ornate design

Examples of jewel box in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Odds are this jewel box apartment in New York City won’t be on the market for very long. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2024 For Asteroid City — in theaters June 16 with a wider release June 23 — isn't merely a mid-century Southwestern jewel box of Americana as diffused through Anderson's piquant eye. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 June 2023 Soko means storeroom The space that’s now home to Soko was a liquor storeroom prior to it being transformed into the stylish jewel box. Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024 This new sweet spot that looks like a little jewel box on Camden Road has been all the rage in the summer heat. Katie Toussaint, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024 The Gantt center is a like a jewel box, but the jewels are inside. Virginia Brown, Charlotte Observer, 25 Jan. 2024 The cosmetics heir and billionaire philanthropist Ronald S. Lauder has sold 242 E. 52nd Street, a tiny modernist jewel box designed by Philip Johnson, for $19.999 million. Ronald S. Lauder Sold His Tiny Philip Johnson Home, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2023 Each boutique is designed like a starlit jewel box, with exquisite aromas wafting through the air and the glittering perfume bottles displayed in elegant glass cubes. Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2023 Elsewhere, there are two jewel box bars: the speakeasy-style Punch Room, which features cozy wood paneling and a roaring fireplace, or the decadent Jade Room, a boutique 12-seater cocktail bar with veined marble walls and twinkling emerald lights. Liam Hess, Vogue, 28 Nov. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of jewel box was in 1552

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“Jewel box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jewel%20box. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

jewel box

noun
: a thin plastic case for a CD or DVD

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