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

• Azerbaijani:

  Abjad: صندوقچه (sanduqcha), صندقجغز (sandiqjighaz), مجرى (mujrî)

  Roman: sandıqca, mücrü

• Catalan: guardajoies m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 珠宝 (zh) (zhūbǎo)盒 (zh) (hé), 首饰 (zh) (shǒushì)盒 (zh) (hé)

• Finnish: korurasia (fi)
• French: écrin (fr) m, boîte à bijoux (fr) f
• German: Schmuckkästchen (de) n, Schmuckschatulle (de) f
• Hungarian: ékszerdoboz (hu)
• Persian: درج (fa) (dorj)
• Polish: szkatuła f, szkatułka (pl) f
• Portuguese: porta-joias m, guarda-joias m

plastic container for optical disc

• Azerbaijani: diskqabı
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: CD (zh)盒 (zh) (hé)

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