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apple-box

apple-box is the alternative form of apple box.

Meaning of apple box

Noun

apple-box (plural apple boxes)

  1. (US) A wooden box measuring 12 × 20 × 8 inches.
    • The standard size of an apple box shall be eighteen inches long, eleven and one-half inches wide, ten and one-half inches deep, inside measurement.1913, Fruit Products Congress, The Apple Annual, page 67

Forms of apple-box

pluralapple-boxes

Questions about apple-box

What is apple-box the alternative form of?
Apple-box is the alternative form of apple box.

Words near apple-box in the dictionary

  1. apple-bearing
  2. apple-bee
  3. apple-bees
  4. apple-berries
  5. apple-berry
  6. apple-box
  7. apple-boxes
  8. apple-cart
  9. apple-carts
  10. apple-catchers
  11. apple-cheeked

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