snuffbox

See also: snuff-box

English

Alternative forms

• snuff-box

Etymology

snuff +‎ box

Pronunciation

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Noun

snuffbox (plural snuffboxes)

1. A small box or container to hold snuff or loose tobacco.
   • 1892 "He held out his snuffbox of old gold, with a great amethyst in the centre of the lid." — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Case of Identity. [1]

Derived terms

• anatomical snuffbox

Translations

small box

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鼻煙盒／鼻烟盒 (zh) (bíyānhé), 鼻烟盒 (zh) (bíyānhé), 煙盒／烟盒 (zh) (yānhé), 烟盒 (zh) (yānhé)

• Czech: tabatěrka (cs) f
• Finnish: nuuskarasia (fi)
• French: tabatière (fr) f
• German: Schnupftabakdose (de) f, Tabakdose (de) f, Tabatiere (de) f
• Hungarian: tubákos szelence, burnótos szelence, burnótszelence
• Italian: tabacchiera (it) f
• Japanese: かぎタバコ入れ (kagi-tabako-ire), タバコ入れ (tabako-ire)
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• Macedonian: бу́рмутник m (búrmutnik)
• Mongolian: хөөрөг (mn) (xöörög), хөхүүр (mn) (xöxüür)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: snusdåse (no) m

  Nynorsk: snusdåse m

• Polish: tabakiera (pl) f
• Portuguese: tabaqueira f
• Russian: табаке́рка (ru) f (tabakérka)
• Spanish: tabaquera f