cat box
cat box noun: a box used to provide a soiling area for (usually) pet cats, generally filled with sand, clay chips, etc.
Noun
cat box (plural cat boxes)
- A box used to provide a soiling area for (usually) pet cats, generally filled with sand, clay chips, etc.
- Pregnant cat owners are often advised to have someone else clean the cat box to reduce the risk of contracting toxoplasmosis.
- I'm in advertising, you know. Oh, yes. I designed the ad campaign that put those pictures of missing children on bags of kitty litter. Every time you change the cat box, there are those little faces looking up at you. It has to help. Think about it.1985 December 21, Larry Hitt, “Perfect Couple Creation”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 23, page 7
- Synonyms:
- litter box
Synonyms of cat box
Forms of cat box
| plural | cat boxes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | catbox |
Questions about cat box
- What does cat box mean?
- Cat box means a box used to provide a soiling area for (usually) pet cats, generally filled with sand, clay chips, etc.
- What part of speech is cat box?
- Cat box is a noun.
- What is the plural of cat box?
- The plural of cat box is cat boxes.
Words near cat box in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cat box (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “cat box.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/cat_box. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.