jewel box

noun

|Updated on: 31 May 2018

Definition of jewel box

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

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Recent Examples of jewel box from the Web

In the Annunciation patterning also spreads across the floor: Mary and the annunciate angel are precious gems — a ruby, a sapphire — in a celestial jewel box.

— New York Times, "Review: Art for the Soul in ‘Fra Angelico: Heaven on Earth’," 16 May 2018
The architects Govaert & Vanhoutte designed the boxy house with simple lines and massive windows to give it the appearance of a modern jewel box.

— liz stinson, Curbed, "A multigenerational home for the modern age," 15 May 2018
Some of these jewel boxes were set upon platforms designed to look like books from a medieval library, and loose volumes (including, appropriately, Women in Love), were scattered about as props.

— laird borrelli-persson, Vogue, "See the Exquisite, One-of-a-Kind Jewels from Dolce & Gabbana’s Latest Alta Gioielleria Collection Here," 7 Apr. 2018
The 2,804 seats are arrayed on five levels — a deep jewel box upholstered in deep red.

— christopher reynolds, latimes.com, "Step inside New York’s Carnegie Hall, where beautiful music and stirring history ring out," 23 Mar. 2018
The bar became Mistral a few months ago, after theater co-owners Lee Barczak and Jane Schilz turned the intimate dining room (just 30 seats) into a little jewel box, with touches like pendant lights that suggest Morocco.

— carol deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Flavors of France, Spain and beyond mingle at Mistral in Milwaukee," 3 Apr. 2018
What had been a jewel box of antiquarian surprises — an artful display of old books and lithographs, ship models and toy trains, memorabilia and Americana — was now a way station for cardboard, packing tape and bubble wrap.

— thomas curwen, latimes.com, "Requiem for a bookstore: Caravan writes its final chapter," 2 Mar. 2018
And yet, there’s one more stop those in the know will not leave the city without making: MDC Cosmetic, a five-year-old jewel box of a store located in Prenzlauer Berg.

— zoe ruffner, Vogue, "The Carefully Curated Beauty Shop (and Spa!) to Visit During Berlin Fashion Week," 17 Jan. 2018
The property's main home—a circa 1870 Folk Victorian cottage set back a full half-mile from the road—is an architectural jewel box that was originally located several miles south of Eatonton.

— elizabeth finkelstein, Country Living, "There's a Dreamy 118-Acre Farm for Sale in Georgia," 16 June 2017

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