Thesaurus results for JEWEL BOX

jewel box

noun

Definition of jewel box

as in snuffbox

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Recent Examples of jewel box Most easily accessible by shelling tours or boat tours, Ten Thousand Islands is a good place to find the scarce Junonia shell, known as the Jewel of Florida, along with whole sand dollars, Florida spiny jewel boxes, and lightning whelks. — Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 17 May 2026 Fish tank, jewel box, observation tower. — Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 15 May 2026 Indeed, surrealist design motifs abound throughout this top-floor jewel box, which is home to a collector couple and their many artworks. — Fanny Guénon Des Mesnards, Architectural Digest, 12 May 2026 Jewel box bathrooms are trending, but what about jewel box showers? — Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 20 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for jewel box

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Noun

There are Lalique knife rests and Fabergé snuffboxes, sure, but so many offerings in the realm of tiny home goods generally fail to inspire.

— Anthony Paletta, Curbed, 23 May 2026
The four species intended to benefit are rayed bean (Villosa fabalis), sheepnose (Plethobasus cyphyus), snuffbox (Epioblasma triquetra), and spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta).

— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026

Definition of snuffbox

Noun

Each of the 21 rooms is unique, layering ranch keepsakes (vintage branding irons and Stetson hatboxes) with contemporary touches like a striking tumbleweed chandelier.

— Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 19 June 2026
The flowers in question come in two sizes and arrive inside a golden hatbox that’s bound to elevate the looks of any room it’s placed in.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 22 Jan. 2026

Definition of hatbox

Noun

As for the transplanted Tucker, playing home games at Wrigley Field, a notorious bandbox, should help raise his value.

— Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
The Havocs are closer to a full 50 percent in a bandbox with a lower ceiling that contains, even amplifies, noise.

— Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2023

Definition of bandbox

Noun

Lily Franck; 2024; USA; 4 min A mother’s hope chest becomes a catalyst for her daughter’s reconsideration of traditional gender roles in this charming stop-motion animation.

— Addie Morfoot, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
While the tradition of a hope chest has its roots thousands of years ago, cedar became the material du jour thanks to its insect-repelling qualities.

— Heather Bien, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024

Definition of hope chest

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In 2024, Bally’s had to relocate the 34-story hotel tower, which was moved to the south end of the casino after it was determined that driving caissons into the ground might damage municipal water management infrastructure pipes along the river.

— Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
In isolation, against a white background that is actually overcast sky, a hook or a caisson or a sheaf of rebar appears sculptural, abstract, exquisite.

— Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026

Definition of caisson

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Without a slow-melting blanket of snow to keep the soil and forests moist, alpine vegetation is drying into a tinderbox earlier than normal and ramping up the fire risk.

— Jasmine Garland, The Conversation, 7 July 2026
During the Biden administration, the border emerged as a tinderbox, with thousands of people seeking to cross into the country each day.

— Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

Definition of tinderbox

Noun

The jewels are in a secure vault with no windows, President of the Louvre Museum Christophe Leribault said, per ABC News.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
One of Costa Rica’s oldest colonial towns, Esparza served as a treasure vault for the vast haul transported across the Spanish Empire.

— Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of vault

Noun

Common options include home safes, bank safe-deposit boxes and third-party bullion depositories.

— Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
The poem might also be a safe-deposit box, keeping the names of species intact for an environmentally unstable future, when the trees that the poem names may only exist in language.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025

Definition of safe-deposit box

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