That radio is no bigger than a matchbox.
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Matchbox
Synonyms for "matchbox"
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47 translations across 36 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- vuurhoutjieboksie noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
- vuurhoutjiedosie noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Armenian
1 entries- լուցկու տուփ noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Bulgarian
1 entries- кутия кибрит noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 火柴盒 noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Danish
1 entries- tændstikæske noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Dutch
2 entries- luciferdoos noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
- luciferdoosje noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Esperanto
2 entries- alumetskatolo noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
- alumetujo noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Estonian
1 entries- tikutoos noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Faroese
1 entries- svávuldós noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Finnish
1 entries- tulitikkurasia noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
French
1 entries- boîte d'allumettes noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
German
1 entries- Streichholzschachtel noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Greek
1 entries- σπιρτόκουτο noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Hungarian
3 entries- gyufaskatulya noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
- gyufásdoboz noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
- gyufásskatulya noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Ingrian
1 entries- pickapacka noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Irish
1 entries- bosca cipíní noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Italian
1 entries- scatola di fiammiferi noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Japanese
1 entries- マッチ箱 noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Malay
1 entries- kotak mancis noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Malayalam
2 entries- തീപ്പെട്ടി noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
- തീപ്പെട്ടിക്കൂട് noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Manx
1 entries- kishtey foaddan noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Māori
1 entries- pāki māti noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fyrstikkeske noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- fyrstikkeske noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- كبریت قوطیسی noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Persian
1 entries- قوطی کبریت noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Polish
1 entries- pudełko od zapałek noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Portuguese
1 entries- caixa de fósforo/fósforos noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਡੱਬੀ noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Russian
2 entries- спи́чечная коро́бка noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
- спи́чечный коробо́к noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Spanish
4 entries- caja de cerillas noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
- caja de fósforos noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
- cerillero noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
- fosforera noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Swedish
1 entries- tändsticksask noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Tamil
1 entries- தீப்பெட்டி noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Thai
1 entries- กล่องไม้ขีด noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Tibetan
2 entries- མུ་ཟི་སྒམ་ཆུང noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
- ཙག་སྒྲ་སྒམ་ཆུང noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Turkish
1 entries- kibrit kutusu noun (small cardboard box in which matches are kept)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Take out a matchbox and a needle and thread.
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This radio is no bigger than a matchbox.
Source: tatoeba (1954449)
You saved all your baby teeth in this matchbox? That's gross!
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