mite box

1. 1.

   box for collecting alms, especially one in a church

   Synonymspoor boxalms box

   Broaderbox

Questions about mite box

What does mite box mean?

mite box means "box for collecting alms, especially one in a church".

What is another word for mite box?

Close synonyms include poor box, alms box. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mite box a common word?

mite box is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.