matryoshka
- noun
- /məˈtrjoʊʃkə/
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estructura anidada
- In the art exhibit, the artist displayed a series of paintings that resemble a matryoshka, each one fitting within the next.
Examples
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A second question fits within the first, rather like a matryoshka, the Russian nested doll.
Academic text (2001) -
The table was finally covered with an army of matryoshka, echoing each other, all facing different directions, as if blind.
Fiction book (1996) -
She felt so very alone, almost as if she were an incomplete being, like a Matryoshka whose halves did not fit together.
Fiction book (1996) -
The software has a matryoshka structure, where each function is nested within another, demonstrating the layered complexity.
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Her explanation of the theory was like a matryoshka doll; each concept unfolded into a deeper layer of understanding.
Synonyms
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6.9
A set of tables or boxes that fit inside each other
Arranging items inside other items to make levels
Antonyms
How Nested
Surface Forms
Etymology
Matryoshka is also used for any set of things that are put one inside another, because of the famous Russian dolls that hide smaller dolls inside. So when people call something a matryoshka, they mean it has repeating layers or parts that fit together like the dolls.