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deathbox

deathbox noun: coffin.

Noun

deathbox (plural deathboxes)

  1. (nonstandard, kenning) coffin
    • Once he was asleep again, they brought him back again, bound him, sealed him in his deathbox, muffled the World from him with a black, black pall.2002, William T. Vollmann, Argall: The True Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith
    • I always remember hearing infantry men say to us again and again: 'I wouldn't like to go in your deathboxes,' and we always answered: 'And we don't like to walk.'”2003, Philip Kaplan, Chariots of Fire

Forms of deathbox

pluraldeathboxes
alternative formdeath-box
alternative formdeath box

Origin of deathbox

From death + box. Compare Dutch doodskist (literally “death-chest”).

Questions about deathbox

What does deathbox mean?
Deathbox means coffin.
What part of speech is deathbox?
Deathbox is a noun.
What is the plural of deathbox?
The plural of deathbox is deathboxes.

Words near deathbox in the dictionary

  1. deathbook
  2. deathbooks
  3. deathbot
  4. deathbots
  5. deathbound
  6. deathbox
  7. deathboxes
  8. deathcamas
  9. deathcamp
  10. deathcamps
  11. deathcare

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