jewel box

jewel box

English

A jewel box for a compact disc.

Fenway Park, a jewel box (ballpark).

Noun

jewel box (plural jewel boxes)

1. A box for storing jewels.

   Synonym: jewel case

2. A usually clear hinged plastic container designed to hold a compact disc or similar optical disc.

   Synonym: jewel case

3. (baseball) A member of the second major generation of professional ballparks, built between 1909 and approximately 1940 and distinguished by a relatively compact layout, the use of steel and reinforced concrete as structural materials rather than wood, and the presence of one or more close-in upper decks of seating supported by pillars extending from the lower deck.
4. (zoology) Any of the Chamidae, a family of bivalves.

Translations

box for storing jewels

Catalan: guardajoies m Chinese: Mandarin: 珠宝 (zh)盒 (zh), 首饰 (zh)盒 (zh) Finnish: korurasia (fi) French: écrin (fr) m, boîte à bijoux f German: Schmuckkästchen (de) n, Schmuckschatulle (de) f Hungarian: ékszerdoboz Persian: درج‎ (fa) (dorj) Polish: szkatuła f, szkatułka (pl) f Portuguese: porta-joias m, guarda-joias m

plastic container for optical disc

Chinese: Mandarin: CD (zh)盒 (zh) Finnish: CD-levyn kotelo German: CD-Hülle f Hungarian: CD-tartó Portuguese: caixa (pt) f, caixinha f Spanish: estuche (es)