| BANDBOX | • bandbox n. A box of lightweight construction (e.g. cardboard, thin wood) for carrying hats or other apparel items. • bandbox n. A small baseball park conducive to scoring home runs. • BANDBOX n. a box for holding bands, caps, millinery etc. |
| BEATBOX | • beatbox n. (Music) A type of electronic percussion device. • beatbox v. (Music) To use one’s mouth, lips, tongue, voice, etc. as a percussive instrument to create beats and… • BEATBOX v. to use a kind of drum machine. |
| BORAXES | • boraxes n. Plural of borax. • boraxes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of borax. • BORAX n. a mineral, a hydrated sodium borate, found on alkaline lake shores, aka tincal. |
| BOXBALL | • boxball n. Any of various informal ball games or sports played with boxes, or in a box-shaped court. • BOXBALL n. a form of handball. |
| BOXCARS | • boxcars n. (Slang, dice games) Double six in a dice game with two dice. • boxcars n. Plural of boxcar. • box-cars n. Plural of box-car. |
| BOXHAUL | • boxhaul v. (Nautical, transitive, intransitive) To bring (a square-rigged ship) onto a new tack by hauling back… • BOXHAUL v. to put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel. |
| BROADAX | • broadax n. Alternative spelling of broadaxe. • BROADAX n. an ancient military weapon; a battleax, also BROADAXE. |
| CAKEBOX | • cakebox n. A box for keeping cake. • cakebox n. A cylindrical container for recordable compact discs. • CAKEBOX n. a container for a cake. |
| CASHBOX | • cashbox n. A box for holding cash. • cashbox n. (Slang) A toll booth. • cash-box n. Alternative spelling of cashbox. |
| COALBOX | • coalbox n. A box for storing coal. • COALBOX n. a box for storing coal. |
| FAREBOX | • farebox n. A box into which passengers drop their bus fare. • fare␣box n. Alternative form of farebox. • FAREBOX n. a receptacle for fares on a bus. |
| GEARBOX | • gearbox n. An enclosed gear train. • gearbox n. That part of a car’s transmission containing the train of gears, and to which the gear lever is connected. • GEARBOX n. an automotive transmission. |
| MAILBOX | • mailbox n. (Chiefly US) A box into which mail is put. • mailbox n. (Computing) A folder or account for the storage of email; an electronic inbox or mailstore. • mail-box n. Alternative form of mailbox. |
| SALTBOX | • saltbox n. A box for keeping salt in. • saltbox n. A similar box formerly used as a percussion instrument in burlesque music. • saltbox n. (US) a distinctively-shaped wooden-frame house with two storeys at the front and one behind, characteristic… |
| SANDBOX | • sandbox n. (US) A children’s play area consisting of a box filled with sand. • sandbox n. A box filled with sand that is shaped to form a mould for metal casting. • sandbox n. A container for sand or pounce, used historically before blotting paper. |
| SOAPBOX | • soapbox n. (Literally) A crate for packing soap. • soapbox n. (Figuratively) Any physical or media platform which gives prominence to the person on it and the views they espouse. • soapbox n. (Figuratively) A talk about one’s pet topic (or the topic itself), especially when only tangentially… |
| TALKBOX | • talkbox n. Alternative form of talk box. • talk␣box n. An effects unit that allows musicians to modify the sound of a musical instrument. • TALKBOX n. a device for modulating a guitar's sound to be speech-like. |