Definition of bandbox in English:
bandbox
noun ˈban(d)bɒksˈbændbɑks
1A circular cardboard box for carrying hats.
Example sentencesExamples
- On top are two charming bandboxes, the utilitarian product of New Hampshire mill towns, about 1830.
- The Shakers are renowned for the simplicity and clarity of line in all their tools, from bandboxes to chairs to harvesting blades.
- The bandboxes illustrate another use wallpapers were often put to.
- Wallpapers decorated more than walls in earlier times, so examples in the collection were found lining trunks, covering pamphlets and bandboxes, and decorating fireboards.
- 1.1dated Used in comparisons to convey the smartness and neatness of someone's appearance.
I'd go out looking fresh out of a bandbox
Example sentencesExamples
- Bertram looks like he stepped out of the proverbial bandbox, with a tuxedo that fits his athletic frame perfectly, and a silk shirt that shows off his brown-black eyes and deep, dimpled smile.
- After flowering they can be lifted and replaced with summer bedding, but to keep the bandbox appearance stick to flowers of one colour.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from band1 + box1, the box being used originally for neckbands.