dabba
- noun
- Indian
:
caja
- He packed his tools neatly into a metal dabba before heading to work.
Examples
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The children used a plastic dabba to collect colorful stones from the garden.
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She kept the spare buttons and thread in an old dabba on the shelf.
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Look at this dabba!
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She packed her lunch in a dabba.
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He packed his tools neatly into a metal dabba before heading to work.
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The children used a plastic dabba to collect colorful stones from the garden.
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She kept the spare buttons and thread in an old dabba on the shelf.
Synonyms
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1.0
A usually rectangular container with a lid for holding things or the amount it holds
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1.3
A thing that holds or stores items, for example a box
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Etymology
Dabba comes from the Hindi and Urdu word dabba, which simply means 'box' or 'container'. That is why the word is used for any small box or tin for keeping things, and you can think of a dabba as just a familiar 'box'.