Usually means: Small box containing striking matches.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word MATCHBOX:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. matchbox: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. matchbox: Merriam-Webster
  3. matchbox: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. matchbox: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. matchbox: Collins English Dictionary
  6. matchbox: Vocabulary.com
  7. Matchbox, matchbox: Wordnik
  8. matchbox: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. matchbox: Wiktionary
  10. matchbox: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. matchbox: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. matchbox: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. matchbox: Dictionary.com
  14. Matchbox (band), Matchbox (brand), Matchbox (disambiguation), Matchbox (drinking game), Matchbox (song), Matchbox (toy company), Matchbox (toys), Matchbox (window manager), Matchbox: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. matchbox: Rhymezone
  16. matchbox: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. matchbox: FreeDictionary.org
  18. matchbox: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. matchbox: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. matchbox: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Matchbox: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  3. Matchbox: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. 2060 Shadow-Slang (No longer online)

(Note: See matchboxing as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (matchbox)

▸ noun:  A small cardboard box in which matches are kept.
▸ noun:  Any small die-cast toy car, usually collectible.

Similar:
matchbook, tuck box, dispatch box, memory box, cakebox, paintbox, cardboard box, slipcase, pencil box, in-box, more...

Opposite:
mismatch, unmatched, unfitting, non-matching, discrepant

Types:
wooden, disposable, plastic, metal, more...

Phrases:
matchbox sign, Matchbox Twenty, Matchbox Twenty discography, Matchbox Pictures, matchbox car, more...

Adjectives:
empty, small, little, large, waterproof, wooden, tiny, ordinary, old, big, flyright



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Similar:
matchbook, tuck box, dispatch box, memory box, cakebox, paintbox, cardboard box, slipcase, pencil box, in-box, more...

Opposite:
mismatch, unmatched, unfitting, non-matching, discrepant

Types:
wooden, disposable, plastic, metal, more...

Phrases:
matchbox sign, Matchbox Twenty, Matchbox Twenty discography, Matchbox Pictures, matchbox car, more...

Adjectives:
empty, small, little, large, waterproof, wooden, tiny, ordinary, old, big, flyright



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