Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mite box

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables: mite box
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A box, especially in a church, into which small charitable donations for the needy may be placed; (now commonly) any of a number of cardboard boxes distributed for individual donations.

Example Sentences

"Even if there had been time for mite boxes they were not such a good idea after all, she corrected herself.[…]It was not a neat and tidy mite box the way Beulah Ball's was; it was a dirty, torn, loose mite box, and so was Jerry's."
"For us, Lent was about the mite boxes we were given in each Sunday school class through sixth grade."
"Sister Vincetta, principal of St. Augustine's Elementary School, told us that the pennies in the mite box fed starving children all over China."

Etymology

From (widow's) mite (“small donation”) + box.

Inflected Forms

mite boxes (plural)

Synonyms

alms box poor box

Questions

What does mite box mean?: A box, especially in a church, into which small charitable donations for the needy may be placed; (now commonly) any of a number of cardboard boxes distributed for individual donations.
Where does mite box come from?: From (widow's) mite (“small donation”) + box.

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