Bandbox
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bandbox is a noun meaning A box of lightweight construction (e.g. cardboard, thin wood) for carrying hats or other apparel items.
Meaning
A box of lightweight construction (e.g. cardboard, thin wood) for carrying hats or other apparel items.
More Meanings
- A small baseball park conducive to scoring home runs.
Example Sentences
On the evening of Easter Sunday the gypsies of Southern Europe take a wooden vessel like a band-box, which rests cradle-wise on two cross pieces of wood.
There is a dangerous freshness in the hues / Of the new bonnets which that day produces / Bright from the bandbox, be they greens or blues; / The aspect of a new pelisse conduces / To gazings which the gazer often rues.
Word Forms
- bandboxes
- band-box
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include neat, mail, trunk, case, boxers, hatband.
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