money box
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2.0
- noun
- /ˈmʌni bɑks/
- UK
:
hucha
- Now his money box sat beside the television set on the buffet table in our living room.
Examples
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That night, I dropped five ten-cent coins into my secret money box.
Fiction book (2001) -
Every time his grandmother visited, she would fill his money box with coins.
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How did he know about my secret money box?
Fiction book (2001) -
Due to his money management skills, he was put in charge of the group's money box.
Blog text (2) -
My money box grew heavier.
Fiction book (2001) -
She'd noticed that when he walked forward and put a carefully folded dollar bill in Ariendo's money box.
Fiction book (1993) -
Vaughn Rhomer placed a five-dollar bill in Ariendo Vincent's money box.
Fiction book (1993) -
One of the objects retrieved from the wreck was a waterproof money box belonging to a cloth merchant from a town in Sixmoon called Madderfields.
Fiction book (1993) -
Children often save their allowance in a money box to buy toys later.
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She opened the money box to count how much she had saved for her vacation.
Synonyms
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1.0
A small container often shaped like a pig for children to save coins
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1.0
A small container with a slot for saving coins at home
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3.0
A box that holds coins collected from a machine like a slot machine
A small container with a slot for keeping coins at home
A small container for keeping coins, often shaped like a pig
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Morphology
The meaning 'a container used for storing coins or money' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'money' (currency) with 'box' (a container). This straightforward, compositional construction is cross-linguistically common and follows regular noun-noun compounding patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Money box comes from the simple image of a box for money. Imagine a small box with a slot where you drop coins 'to save' them, and because people used these boxes to keep money safe, the name now means 'a container for storing coins'.