shoebox

See also: shoe box

English

Etymology

shoe +‎ box

Pronunciation

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Noun

shoebox (plural shoeboxes)

The box in which shoes are sold.
In one shoebox he had a whole collection of seeds he had saved from last year.
(derogatory) A small, cramped residence or similar space.
- 2010, Mick Herron, Slow Horses, page 249:
  She wondered how come Ho had a garden when everyone she knew lived in shoeboxes.

Translations

box in which shoes are sold

Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: schoenendoos (nl) f
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Faroese: skógvaeskja f
Finnish: kenkälaatikko (fi)
French: please add this translation if you can
German: Schuhschachtel (de) f, Schuhkarton (de) m
Hungarian: cipősdoboz
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skoeske m or f

Nynorsk: skoeske f
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: skokartong (sv) c
Turkish: ayakkabı kutusu

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