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match·box /ˈmætʃbɒks $ -bɑːks/ noun [countable] TBURNa small box containing matches 火柴盒 →5 see picture at 见图 containerExamples from the Corpusmatchbox• Bait will be a piece of crust about half the size of a matchbox, torn from a new loaf.• Gently attach to the card, resting the base on a matchbox to raise the cake slightly off the green fondant.• An old Ford, with straight back and matchbox rear window, laboured up the avenue.• Production of matchbox grips by small businesses lasted for 42 years, from 1911 to 1953.• As a child, I used to keep them in a perforated matchbox under my pillow and listen to them at night.• And I smelled the pungent stickiness of the glue when I pasted the labels on the matchboxes, table, and chairs.• Once, they positioned me at a table piled with matchboxes and labels.match·box nounChineseSyllable matches small a containing Corpus box |