poor box

1. 1.

   box for collecting alms, especially one in a church

   Synonymsalms boxmite box

   Broaderbox

Questions about poor box

What does poor box mean?

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

What is another word for poor box?

Close synonyms include alms box, mite 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 poor box a common word?

poor 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.