26984 words

shoebox

2 definitions • 4 examples
1
a box in which shoes are sold:

Examples:

Inside her wardrobe there are 150 shoe boxes on shelves from floor to ceiling.
He categorized his notes and carefully filed them in shoe boxes.
2
a very small house, room, etc.:

Examples:

In Japan I lived in a shoe box.
The restaurant is a tiny shoebox of a place.

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