Definitions for snuffbox

snuffbox snuff·box

Spelling: [snuhf-boks]
IPA: /ˈsnʌfˌbɒks/

Snuffbox is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 23 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 26 points.

You can make 106 anagrams from letters in snuffbox (bffnosux).

Definitions for snuffbox

noun

  1. a box for holding snuff, especially one small enough to be carried in the pocket.

Origin of snuffbox

First recorded in 1680-90; snuff1 + box1

Examples for snuffbox

That great personage tapped his Louis-Quinze snuffbox with some impatience.

You know N— N— received a snuffbox with the portrait last year?

His snuffbox was silver, and on it in gold were the king's arms.

Then one passed his snuffbox round, each taking a pinch of snuff.

I can not ever take snuff again out of a snuffbox like that.

"To search far," he said, turning back the skirt of his coat to get at his snuffbox.

He bade us in, we were made welcome, and the snuffbox was passed around.

The old man rose from his chair, laying his snuffbox on the table by him.

And you think maybe she can smell out where Melissa has hid the snuffbox!

"For Richard," he acknowledged, closing his snuffbox with a snap.

Word Value for snuffbox
Scrable

23

Words with friends

26

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