snuffbox

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noun

A small box or container to hold snuff or loose tobacco.

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sneeze-box
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Meanings

nounsnuffbox (plural snuffboxes)

plural snuffboxes · alternative snuff-box · alternative snuff box

  1. A small box or container to hold snuff or loose tobacco.

    He held out his snuffbox of old gold, with a great amethyst in the centre of the lid.

    1891 [September], A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Adventure III.—A Case of Identity.”, in Geo[rge] Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume II (July to December), number [9], London: […], page 248, column 2

    Synonyms: sneeze-box

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA small box or container to hold snuff or loose tobacco.

Similar
sneeze-box

Origin

From snuff + box.

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Translations

Arabic مِسْعَط, مَنْشَقَة
  • مِسْعَط (misʕaṭ)small box
  • مَنْشَقَة (manšaqa)small box
Bulgarian табаке́ра
  • табаке́ра (tabakéra)small box
Chinese Mandarin 鼻煙盒 /鼻烟盒, 煙盒 /烟盒
  • 鼻煙盒 /鼻烟盒 (bíyānhé)small box
  • 煙盒 /烟盒 (yānhé)small box
Czech tabatěrka
  • tabatěrkasmall box
Danish snusæske
  • snusæskesmall box
Dutch snuifdoos
  • snuifdoossmall box
Estonian nuusktubakatoos
  • nuusktubakatoossmall box
Finnish nuuskarasia
  • nuuskarasiasmall box
French tabatière
  • tabatièresmall box
German Schnupftabakdose, Tabakdose
  • Schnupftabakdosesmall box
  • Tabakdosesmall box
  • Tabatieresmall box
Greek ταμπακιέρα
  • ταμπακιέρα (tampakiéra)small box
Hungarian tubákos szelence, burnótos szelence
  • tubákos szelencesmall box
  • burnótos szelencesmall box
  • burnótszelencesmall box
Italian tabacchiera
  • tabacchierasmall box
Japanese かぎタバコ入れ, タバコ入れ
  • かぎタバコ入れ (kagitabakoire)small box
  • タバコ入れ (tabakoire)small box
Korean 코담배갑
  • 코담배갑 (kodambaegap)small box
Norwegian Bokmål snusdåse
  • snusdåsesmall box
Polish tabakiera, tabakierka
  • tabakierasmall box
  • tabakierkasmall box
Portuguese tabaqueira
  • tabaqueirasmall box
Romanian tabacheră
  • tabacherăsmall box
Russian табаке́рка
  • табаке́рка (tabakérka)small box
Slovak tabatierka
  • tabatierkasmall box
Spanish tabaquera
  • tabaquerasmall box
Swahili tabakelo
  • tabakelosmall box
Swedish snusdosa, tabatiär
  • snusdosasmall box
  • tabatiärsmall box
Ukrainian табаке́рка
  • табаке́рка (tabakérka)small box
Cite this entry
APA

snuffbox. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snuffbox

MLA

“snuffbox.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snuffbox. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snuffbox,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snuffbox.

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