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Definition: Snuffbox |
SnuffboxNoun1. A small ornamental box for carrying snuff in your pocket. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "snuffbox" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
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| "Snuffbox" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Snuffbox" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "snuffbox": snuffbox fern. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
snuffbox | 5 |
anatomical snuffbox | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "snuffbox"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kuti burnoti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | علبة السعوط. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | кутия за емфие. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 鼻烟壶. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | tabatìrka se šòupavým tabákem, tabatìrka (cigarette case, Mull). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tabatièren (anatomical snuffbox), den anatomiske snustobaksdåse (anatomical snuffbox). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | fossula radialis (anatomical snuffbox). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tabatière. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schnupftabakdose. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | קופסת טבק "רח". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hüvelykujj inai közötti kis árok (anatomists' snuffbox). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | "담뱃갑. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cuinnag (cell, fanny, hairy place, powder-flask, vagina). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uffboxsnay caixa de rapé (tobacco-box). (various references) табакерка (snuff-box, tobacco-box). (various references) burmutica (mull). (various references) tabaquera. (various references) snusdosa. (various references) กล่องยานัตถุ์. (various references) enfiye kutusu. (various references) табакерка (tobacco-box). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "snuffbox": snuffboxes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-f-f-n-o-s-u-x" | |
-2 letters: buffos. | |
-3 letters: boffs, bonus, bosun, buffo, buffs, snuff, unbox. | |
-4 letters: boff, buff, buns, fobs, fons, fubs, funs, nobs, nous, nubs, offs, onus, snob, snub. | |
-5 letters: bos, box, bun, bus, fob, fon, fou, fox, fub, fun, nob, nos, nub, nus, off, ons, sob, son, sou, sox, sub, sun, uns. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-f-f-n-o-s-u-x" | |
+2 letters: snuffboxes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6E 75 66 66 62 6F 78 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -. ..- ..-. ..-. -... --- -..- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101110 01110101 01100110 01100110 01100010 01101111 01111000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S n u f f b o x |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006E 0075 0066 0066 0062 006F 0078 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5380877272688190 |
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