Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

christmas box

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.67 in modern English

Syllables: christ-mas box
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bonus or gift given by an employer to an employee, by a master/mistress to his/her servants, or by a householder to delivery persons at Christmas time, traditionally on Boxing Day.

Example Sentences

"You have no idea how poor the court is; nobody is rich, except Mazarin and l'Abbé Fouquet. I am half tempted to cry with Madame Thurine, 'How happy are our servants! they, at least, get Christmas boxes.'"

Inflected Forms

Christmas boxes (plural)

Questions

What does christmas box mean?: A bonus or gift given by an employer to an employee, by a master/mistress to his/her servants, or by a householder to delivery persons at Christmas time, traditionally on Boxing Day.

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