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deathboxes

deathboxes is the plural of deathbox.

Meaning of deathbox

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

Questions about deathboxes

What is deathboxes the plural of?
Deathboxes is the plural of deathbox.

Words near deathboxes in the dictionary

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

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