Dictionary

hatbox en · NOUN

Etymology

From hat + box.

Meanings

1. A piece of luggage for a hat; a case or box for a hat.
   • A green and pink plaid hat box contains eight more hatboxes that can be stacked like a set of Russian nesting dolls. 1991 May 30, Emily Gwathmey, “Storage Box: Catchall's New Life as Eye-Catcher”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2024:
   • Get a whiff of the models that served our grandfathers well: They now combine the must of a midcentury hatbox with the musk of 21st-­century body spray. 2015 November 24, Troy Patterson, “The Winter Hat Trick”, in The New York Times Magazine, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2019:

Forms

Hypernyms

bandbox

Translations (7)

fo hattaeskja (a piece of luggage, case, or box for a hat) · ga bosca hata (a piece of luggage, case, or box for a hat) · de Hutschachtel (a piece of luggage, case, or box for a hat) · it cappelliera (a piece of luggage, case, or box for a hat) · es sombrerera (a piece of luggage, case, or box for a hat) · el καπελιέρα (a piece of luggage, case, or box for a hat) · gv kishtey edd (a piece of luggage, case, or box for a hat)