"music box" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: music boxes [plural]
Etymology: From music + box. Etymology templates: {{m|en|music}} music, {{m|en|box}} box Head templates: {{en-noun}} music box (plural music boxes)
  1. A box that generates or plays music, particularly one using mechanical means rather than electronic, generally using a cylinder or disk containing the music. Wikipedia link: music box Categories (topical): Musical instruments Translations (box that generates or plays music): صندوق موسيقي (Arabic), musika-kaxa (Basque), capsa de música [feminine] (Catalan), caixa musical [feminine] (Catalan), سندووقی مۆسیقا (sindûqî mosîqa) (Central Kurdish), 八音盒 (bāyīnhé) (Chinese Mandarin), 音樂盒 (Chinese Mandarin), 音乐盒 (yīnyuèhé) (Chinese Mandarin), automatofon [masculine] (Czech), spilledåse (Danish), speeldoos [feminine] (Dutch), muziekdoos [feminine] (Dutch), muzikskatolo (Esperanto), mängutoos (Estonian), soittorasia (Finnish), boîte-à-musique [feminine] (French), boîte à musique [feminine] (French), Spieluhr [feminine] (German), Spieldose [feminine] (German), Musikdose [feminine] (German), תֵּבַת נְגִינָה (tēvát neginá) [feminine] (Hebrew), spiladós (Icelandic), kotak musik (Indonesian), ceolbhosca [masculine] (Irish), carillon [masculine] (Italian), オルゴール (orugōru) (Japanese), 自鳴琴 (jimeikin) (alt: じめいきん) (Japanese), музыкалы сандықша (muzykaly sandyqşa) (Kazakh), 자명금 (jamyeonggeum) (alt: 自鳴琴) (Korean), 음악상자 (eumaksangja) (alt: 音樂箱子) (Korean), 뮤직박스 (myujikbakseu) (Korean), 오르골 (oreugol) (Korean), spilledåse (Norwegian), جعبه موسیقی (Persian), pozytywka [feminine] (Polish), caixa de música [feminine] (Portuguese), музыка́льная шкату́лка (muzykálʹnaja škatúlka) [feminine] (Russian), caja de música [feminine] (Spanish), speldosa [common-gender] (Swedish), กล่องดนตรี (glɔ̀ng-don-dtrii) (Thai), müzik kutusu (Turkish), музична скринька (muzyčna skrynʹka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), musiqiy quticha (Uzbek), hộp nhạc (Vietnamese), blwch cerdd [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-music_box-en-noun-TmyR6KgC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "box that generates or plays music",
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    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "glɔ̀ng-don-dtrii",
      "sense": "box that generates or plays music",
      "word": "กล่องดนตรี"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "box that generates or plays music",
      "word": "müzik kutusu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "muzyčna skrynʹka",
      "sense": "box that generates or plays music",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "музична скринька"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "box that generates or plays music",
      "word": "musiqiy quticha"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "box that generates or plays music",
      "word": "hộp nhạc"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "box that generates or plays music",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blwch cerdd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "music box"
}

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