Meaning

2 senses
  1. A small box, usually a small cardboard box, in which matches are kept.

    Streichholzschachtel

    спи́чечный коробо́кspíčečnyj korobók, спи́чечная коро́бкаspíčečnaja koróbka

    a box for holding matches

  2. Any small, die-cast toy car, usually a collectible.

Examples

12 sentences
  1. Where did you put the matchbox?

    ruКуда ты дел спичечный коробок?

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  2. The houses looked like so many matchboxes.

    ruДом выглядел как груда спичечных коробков.

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  3. That weirdo breeds cockroaches in a matchbox.

    ruЭтот чудик разводит тараканов в спичечном коробке.

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  4. That radio is no bigger than a matchbox.

    ruЭтот радиоприёмник не больше спичечного коробка.

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  5. This radio is no bigger than a matchbox.

    deDieses Radio ist nicht größer als eine Streichholzschachtel.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
small cardboard box in which matches are kept:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
small cardboard box in which matches are kept:

Origin

From match + box. By genericization from the die-cast toy car brand Matchbox owned by Mat

From match + box.

By genericization from the die-cast toy car brand Matchbox owned by Mattel, so-called due to the size of the toys to fix in matchboxes.

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