Thesaurus results for JEWEL BOX

jewel box

noun

Definition of jewel box

as in snuffbox

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Recent Examples of jewel box Julie Huntsinger has spent two decades as the guardian of the Telluride Film Festival — a jewel box of off-duty movie stars and power players relaxing in the mountains and a consequential launchpad for the fall awards season. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026 Arabella’s Cocktail Salon, an intimate 25-seat bar on the hotel’s first floor, is a jewel box, a mish-mash of styles and references that somehow feel part of a whole. — Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 26 July 2026 And yet, in so many ways, this was a night unlike any other in the 23 seasons of this jewel box on Pattison Avenue. — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 14 July 2026 Situated high on Beacon Hill, XV Beacon is a luxurious jewel box of a boutique hotel. — Tanya Edwards, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 June 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

Some of her floral arrangements include an assortment of hatbox roses, window bouquets and an ivory bouquet filled with cream-and-white colored flowers.

— Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of hatbox

Noun

Miriam watched soap operas on the little black-and-white television on her hope chest, even though they were forbidden by the girl’s parents at home.

— Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of hope chest

Noun

Once the flyover ends, the caisson will carry Graham’s remains to First Baptist Church of Columbia, where the funeral will be held.

— Chantelle Lee, Time, 22 July 2026
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

Definition of caisson

Noun

The city of Aspen, famously home to billions of dollars in real estate, is surrounded by dense forests — like an expensive tinderbox with few evacuation routes for residents and visitors.

— Halle Zander, NPR, 10 Nov. 2026
With more than a dozen similar projects in the works, Nevada’s vast federal holdings could become a proving ground for data centers and a tinderbox over public-land protections.

— Jessica Hill, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of tinderbox

Noun

For instance, London vaults held about 9,850 metric tons of gold at the end of October, including commercial and central bank storage.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 11 Nov. 2026
Ciarán himself has spent an itinerant four years since Brockhampton’s dissolution in 2022 crafting Róisín, a solo debut that looks back through today’s bedroom-pop bricolage into the roomy vaults of D’Angelo and Prince.

— H.D. Angel, Pitchfork, 9 Nov. 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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