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shoebox en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From shoe + box.

Meanings

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. (derogatory, figuratively) A small, cramped residence or similar space.
   • She wondered how come Ho had a garden when everyone she knew lived in shoeboxes. 2010, Mick Herron, Slow Horses, page 249:

Forms

Deriveds

shoeboxlike · shoeboxful

Translations (18)

fo skógvaeskja (box in which shoes are sold) · nl schoenendoos (box in which shoes are sold) · de Schuhkarton (box in which shoes are sold) · pl pudełko na buty (box in which shoes are sold) · fi kenkälaatikko (box in which shoes are sold) · it scatola da scarpe (box in which shoes are sold) · ja 靴箱 (box in which shoes are sold) · sv skokartong (box in which shoes are sold) · nb skoeske (box in which shoes are sold) · nn skoeske (box in which shoes are sold) · tr ayakkabı kutusu (box in which shoes are sold) · hu cipősdoboz (box in which shoes are sold) · cmn 鞋盒 (box in which shoes are sold) · eo ŝuujo (box in which shoes are sold) · fr boîte à chaussures (box in which shoes are sold) · ru коробка для обуви (box in which shoes are sold) · de Schuhschachtel (box in which shoes are sold) · ru крохотная каморка (a small, cramped residence or similar space.)