cakebox

English

Etymology

cake +‎ box

Noun

cakebox (plural cakeboxes)

A box for keeping cake.
- 1961, John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent:
  A cardboard cakebox on the cold counter would be the swap bag and when next seen it would have a cake in it.
A cylindrical container for recordable compact discs.
- 2013, Scott Mueller, Upgrading and Repairing PCs, page 539:
  The blank discs also cost about $100 each—compared to less than 3 cents each in bulk cakebox form.

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