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boxroom

boxroom is the alternative spelling of box room.

Meaning of box room

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 boxroom

pluralboxrooms

Origin of boxroom

From box + room.

Questions about boxroom

What is boxroom the alternative spelling of?
Boxroom is the alternative spelling of box room.

Words near boxroom in the dictionary

  1. boxology
  2. boxout
  3. boxouts
  4. boxplot
  5. boxplots
  6. boxroom
  7. boxrooms
  8. boxscore
  9. boxscores
  10. boxset
  11. boxsets

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