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box room

box room noun: a small storeroom in a house, often upstairs, typically used for storage of boxes and other items.

Noun

box room (plural box rooms)

  1. A small storeroom in a house, often upstairs, typically used for storage of boxes and other items.
    • What about the box room, Tom? I mean, we could put your stuff in the garage.2000 February 5, Douglas Watkinson et al., “Beyond the Grave”, in Midsomer Murders
  2. (figuratively) A place where things are relegated for later use.
    • He saw her now only as a spy. Their love and his grief were relegated to the boxroom of his mind. Later, perhaps they would be dragged out, dispassionately examined, and then bitterly thrust back with other sentimental baggage he would rather forget.1953, Ian Fleming, “The Bleeding Heart”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 187

Forms of box room

pluralbox rooms

Questions about box room

What does box room mean?
Box room means a small storeroom in a house, often upstairs, typically used for storage of boxes and other items.
What part of speech is box room?
Box room is a noun.
What is the plural of box room?
The plural of box room is box rooms.

Words near box room in the dictionary

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  8. box score
  9. box scores
  10. box seat
  11. box seats

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