mite box
mite box noun: a box, especially in a church, into which small charitable donations for the needy may be placed; (now commonly) any of a number of cardboard boxes distributed for individual donations.
Noun
mite box (plural mite boxes)
- A box, especially in a church, into which small charitable donations for the needy may be placed; (now commonly) any of a number of cardboard boxes distributed for individual donations.
- Even if there had been time for mite boxes they were not such a good idea after all, she corrected herself.[…]It was not a neat and tidy mite box the way Beulah Ball's was; it was a dirty, torn, loose mite box, and so was Jerry's.1951, Eleanor Estes, Ginger Pye, published 2004, page 20
- For us, Lent was about the mite boxes we were given in each Sunday school class through sixth grade.2003, Carol Bonomo, Humble Pie: St. Benedict's Ladder of Humility, page 46
- Synonyms:
- alms box, poor box
Synonyms of mite box
- alms box
- poor box
Forms of mite box
| plural | mite boxes |
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Origin of mite box
From (widow's) mite (“small donation”) + box.
Questions about mite box
- What does mite box mean?
- Mite box means a box, especially in a church, into which small charitable donations for the needy may be placed; (now commonly) any of a number of cardboard boxes distributed for individual donations.
- What part of speech is mite box?
- Mite box is a noun.
- What is the plural of mite box?
- The plural of mite box is mite boxes.
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