Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chinese box

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.72 in modern English

Syllables: chi-ne-se box
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of a set of Chinese boxes.

Example Sentences

"It was also a work of fiction in which another work of fiction (Gulliver's Travels) was real; that Chinese box of an idea is wonderful to discover when you're eleven."

Inflected Forms

Chinese boxes (plural)

Questions

What does chinese box mean?: One of a set of Chinese boxes.

How to pronounce chinese box

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