dabba
- noun
- Indian
- The restaurant served their takeout meals in a traditional metal dabba.
Examples
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We are back again with another eated or eated episode and today the theme is blue Dabba Dee, dabba dab.
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After school, she would always have her snacks in a colorful dabba.
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We are back again with another eat it or eat it episode and today the theme is Blue Dabba D Dabba die.
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He packed his homemade curry in a dabba for lunch at work.
Synonyms
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1.0
A metal container for keeping food or small things
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1.0
A container for carrying food to eat at work or school
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2.5
A box with a handle for carrying lunch to work or school
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6.8
A container that workers use to carry their lunch or dinner to work
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5.9
A small metal container workers use to carry lunch to work
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Etymology
Dabba comes from the Hindi and Urdu word dabba, which simply means 'box' or 'container'. In India it often means a metal lunchbox used to carry meals, so the origin helps you remember that a dabba is a lunch box.