box canyon
box canyon noun: a canyon which has a single access for entrance and exit, being otherwise enclosed on all sides by steep walls.
Noun
box canyon (plural box canyons)
- A canyon which has a single access for entrance and exit, being otherwise enclosed on all sides by steep walls.
- The Box Canyon was adequately named. It was a box, a trap.1912, Jack London, chapter 2, in Smoke Bellew
- For days he camped on Wildfire's trail, always relentlessly driving him, always watching for the trap he hoped to find. . . . Sooner or later Wildfire would go down into a high-walled wash, from which there would be no outlet; or he would wander into a box-canyon.1917, Zane Grey, chapter 6, in Wildfire
box canyon meaning in Tamil
box canyon in Tamil
- மூடிய செங்குத்துப் பள்ளத்தாக்கு
Forms of box canyon
| plural | box canyons |
|---|---|
| alternative form | box-canyon |
Questions about box canyon
- What does box canyon mean?
- Box canyon means a canyon which has a single access for entrance and exit, being otherwise enclosed on all sides by steep walls.
- What is box canyon in Tamil?
- Box canyon in Tamil is மூடிய செங்குத்துப் பள்ளத்தாக்கு. See Box canyon meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is box canyon?
- Box canyon is a noun.
- What is the plural of box canyon?
- The plural of box canyon is box canyons.
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