Thesaurus results for JEWEL BOX

jewel box

noun

Definition of jewel box

as in snuffbox

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Recent Examples of jewel box For fans of those cultish works, which had their heyday around the time Refn was growing up and discovering them for himself, Her Private Hell plays like a nostalgic jewel box that literally looks like it was shot inside of a jewel box. — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2026 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 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

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

As always with nuclear technology, worries about security, weapons proliferation and political complications in a tinderbox region have been central concerns.

— Yousef Saba, USA Today, 22 July 2026
That was exacerbated by the extreme heat this year in France and Spain, which in many cases turned scrub grassland into a tinderbox.

— Simon Constable, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026

Definition of tinderbox

Noun

Individual apparatus leads include Patrick Hoopes on pommel horse, Asher Cohen on still rings, Yul Moldauer on parallel bars, Cooper Kim on high bar, and Kameron Nelson on vault, setting up an exciting final day.

— Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
The organization, which is responsible for cleaning up the messes after superhero battles, has something that Jean wants locked inside a vault.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 31 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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