Butterbox
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Butterbox is a noun meaning A wooden box in which butter is contained.
Meaning
A wooden box in which butter is contained.
More Meanings
- (US, regional) The bufflehead duck.
Example Sentences
A twelve-by-fourteen canvas would not pin in his box, so he had to make a stretcher for it, and very neatly he made it, out of strips of butter-box.
Word Forms
- butterboxes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include milkbox, woodbox, letterbox, multi-box, playbox, chest.
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