Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chocolate-box

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

Syllables: choco-late-box
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a twee picturesqueness.

British usage; Derogatory

Example Sentences

"He painted a chocolate-box picture for the Salon, entered it, was admitted."
"The impressionists showed us something about the world, Cezanne something different, a chocolate-box painting nothing."
"I find it difficult to pick a personal favourite from the two, but Wylam wins on the chocolate-box front, framed by an in-keeping (also Grade 2) footbridge just down the line from it, [...]."

Etymology

From the artwork seen on boxes of chocolates.

Usage

British usage
Derogatory

Inflected Forms

more chocolate-box (comparative) most chocolate-box (superlative) chocolate box (alternative) chocolate-boxy (alternative) chocolate boxy (alternative)

Questions

What does chocolate-box mean?: Having a twee picturesqueness.
Where does chocolate-box come from?: From the artwork seen on boxes of chocolates.

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