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Chinese boxes en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (plural, plural-only) A set of boxes, of different sizes, each fitting inside the next larger one.
   • 'Continue, my dear friend. It is interesting for me to see this new Bond. Englishmen are so odd. They are like a nest of Chinese boxes. It takes a very long time to get to the centre of them.' 1953, Ian Fleming, “The Nature of Evil”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 144:
2. (plural, plural-only) Something that resembles a set of Chinese boxes, especially in complexity.
3. (form-of, plural, plural-only) plural of Chinese box
   form of Chinese box

Hypernyms

box