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matreshka

matreshka is the alternative form of matryoshka.

Meaning of matryoshka

Noun

matryoshka (plural matryoshkas or matryoshki)

  1. One of a set of wooden Russian dolls of different sizes, designed such that each fits inside the next.
    • The past is not only a foreign country that we half knew existed; it is hiding another concealed country behind it, and behind that one, another, and another – like a set of Russian matryoshki, in which larger dolls conceal smaller.2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, page 35

Forms of matreshka

pluralmatreshkas
pluralmatreshki

Questions about matreshka

What is matreshka the alternative form of?
Matreshka is the alternative form of matryoshka.

Words near matreshka in the dictionary

  1. matres
  2. matres lectionis
  3. matrescence
  4. matrescent
  5. matresfamilias
  6. matreshka
  7. matreshkas
  8. matreshki
  9. matress
  10. matresses
  11. matri-

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Adapted from Wiktionary: matreshka (page history and authors); matryoshka (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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