shoebox

or shoe box

[ shoo-boks ]

/ ˈʃuˌbɒks /

noun

an oblong cardboard box of a standard size used to package a pair of shoes for sale.

any house, building, or other construction likened to a shoebox because of its shape or cramped area.

Origin of shoebox

First recorded in 1855–60; shoe + box¹

Words nearby shoebox

shoddy, shoe, shoebill, shoeblack, shoe boil, shoebox, shoebrush, shoehorn, shoelace, shoe leather, shoemaker

Example sentences from the Web for shoebox

“Not a big seller,” she says, pulling out a shoebox with a few Benedict tokens.
The Seedy Side of Sainthood: Was John Paul II Canonized Too Fast?|Barbie Latza Nadeau|April 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He left the box, walking off into the gathering crowd, and this mastodon seemed to spring into being where the shoebox had been.
Political Application|John Victor Peterson
We were hungry; so we spread out the shoebox lunch on one of the Cluny-lace covers and ate it, mostly in silence.
Tish, The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions|Mary Roberts Rinehart
When I returned the head barber handed me quite a large box—a shoebox—with a string tied round it.
Cobb's Anatomy|Irvin S. Cobb

单词	shoebox
释义	shoebox or shoe box [ shoo-boks ] / ˈʃuˌbɒks / noun an oblong cardboard box of a standard size used to package a pair of shoes for sale. any house, building, or other construction likened to a shoebox because of its shape or cramped area. Origin of shoebox First recorded in 1855–60; shoe + box¹ Words nearby shoebox shoddy, shoe, shoebill, shoeblack, shoe boil, shoebox, shoebrush, shoehorn, shoelace, shoe leather, shoemaker Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for shoebox “Not a big seller,” she says, pulling out a shoebox with a few Benedict tokens. The Seedy Side of Sainthood: Was John Paul II Canonized Too Fast?\|Barbie Latza Nadeau\|April 17, 2014\|DAILY BEAST He left the box, walking off into the gathering crowd, and this mastodon seemed to spring into being where the shoebox had been. Political Application\|John Victor Peterson We were hungry; so we spread out the shoebox lunch on one of the Cluny-lace covers and ate it, mostly in silence. Tish, The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions\|Mary Roberts Rinehart When I returned the head barber handed me quite a large box—a shoebox—with a string tied round it. Cobb's Anatomy\|Irvin S. Cobb
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