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dice-box

dice-box is the dated form of dicebox.

Meaning of dicebox

Noun

dicebox (plural diceboxes)

  1. A box from which dice are thrown in gaming.
    • […] there is a sort of chivalry among the knights of the dice-box: the fame of great players is known all over Europe.1844, William Makepeace Thackeray, Barry Lyndon, Chapter

Forms of dice-box

pluraldice-boxes

Questions about dice-box

What is dice-box the dated form of?
Dice-box is the dated form of dicebox.

Words near dice-box in the dictionary

  1. dice towers
  2. dice up
  3. dice with death
  4. Dice's coefficient
  5. Dice's coefficients
  6. dice-box
  7. dice-boxes
  8. Dice-K
  9. diceboard
  10. diceboards
  11. dicebox

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