coin box
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3.0
- noun
:
caja de monedas
- He inserted his tokens into the coin box to start the game and was excited to play.
Examples
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Tourists drop 200-lira pieces into coin boxes that trigger light to be thrown across the great frescoes of Christ.
Fiction book (2001) -
If you do, it is because hard times are here and folks are raiding the coin box on their dresser or the workshop countertop where they threw their pocket change.
Blog text (6) -
He's calling from a coin box.
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As it turns out, that same tool used to empty those coin boxes can also be used on certain makes of washing machines.
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Skipper, we found this quarter in the coin box at the peep show.
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Sextons are coming out with their keys to empty the coin boxes.
Fiction book (2001) -
Before I could remind him that we had been successful on other occasions, a goat had climbed a ladder set up on the sidewalk, and his trainer was extending a red metal coin box in our direction.
Fiction book (1991) -
The ticking of the coin box accompanies an awkward moment before Romula manages—Romula.
Fiction book (2001) -
Pazzi shakes his head and glances away, watching absently as a sexton empties one of the coin boxes, then notices Gnocco, standing in the shadows.
Fiction book (2001) -
The slot machine makes a satisfying sound when coins drop into the coin box after a big win.
Synonyms
1
2.0
A small container with a slot on top for keeping coins or paper money
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3.2
A strong box for keeping money in shops or at events
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1.0
A small container with a slot for saving coins at home
A locked box where people put cash payments
A small container with a slot for keeping coins at home
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Morphology
The compound 'coin box' is directly compositional: combining 'coin' (small metal money) with 'box' (a container) yields a container for coins. This noun+noun formation follows a common and cross-linguistically familiar pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Coin box comes from the simple picture of a small locked box where coins fall and are kept inside machines like slot or vending machines. That's why it means the part of a machine that 'collects and holds coins'.