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workbox en · NOUN

Etymology

From work + box.

Meanings

  1. A toolbox; a container for the items needed to carry out a task.
    • The sewing workbox held fabric, needles, notions, patterns, and other supplies.
  2. (figuratively) A set of skills and approaches.
    • As with an understanding of the basic elements, knowing something of how sub-elements work gives insight into how stories generally are put together, thus adding another analytical tool to the pupils's ^([sic]) mental workbox. 2009, Stephen Bowkett, Countdown to Creative Writing:

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workboxes Number=Plur lexicographic

Hypernyms

box (container for tools)

Translations (2)

fi tarvikelaatikko (container for items) · pl pudełko na przybory do szycia (container for items)