Shoebox

noun

noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The box in which shoes are sold.

    "In one shoebox he had a whole collection of seeds he had saved from last year."

  2. 2
    an oblong rectangular (usually cardboard) box designed to hold a pair of shoes wordnet
  3. 3
    A small, cramped residence or similar space. derogatory, figuratively

    "She wondered how come Ho had a garden when everyone she knew lived in shoeboxes."

  4. 4
    a structure resembling a shoebox (as a rectangular building or a cramped room or compartment) wordnet

Example

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"That looked like Mr. Tanaka, but actually it was a shoebox."

Etymology

From shoe + box.

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