Definition of matryoshka in English:
matryoshka
(also matryoshka doll)
nounPlural matryoshki ˌmatrɪˈɒʃkaˌmatrēˈäSHkə
another term for Russian doll
Example sentencesExamples
- Perhaps the best-known lacquered Russian folk art piece is the matryoshka, a series of wooden dolls that nest inside each other.
- The space doll - a matryoshka, or traditional Russian nesting doll - is actually a close-to-lifesize head and torso made of soft material to simulate human tissue, with embedded sensors to measure radiation exposure.
- As a whole it resembles the Russian matryoshka doll - layers of complexity which render easy solutions such as plebiscite or partition impracticable and call for a more sophisticated approach.
- The system works like Russian matryoshka dolls, shells within shells within shells, which in the end can be impenetrable to legal process.
- In form it's a colorful matryoshka doll - a story-within-a-story-within-a-story.
Origin
1940s: from Russian matrëshka.