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dicebox

dicebox noun: a box from which dice are thrown in gaming.

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
    • For Corinius, who gave not a fig for music or dirges, but liked well of carding and dicing, had brought forth his dice box to play with the son of Corund.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 32

Forms of dicebox

pluraldiceboxes
alternative formdice box
alternative formdice-box

Origin of dicebox

From dice + box.

Questions about dicebox

What does dicebox mean?
Dicebox means a box from which dice are thrown in gaming.
What part of speech is dicebox?
Dicebox is a noun.
What is the plural of dicebox?
The plural of dicebox is diceboxes.

Words near dicebox in the dictionary

  1. dice-box
  2. dice-boxes
  3. Dice-K
  4. diceboard
  5. diceboards
  6. dicebox
  7. diceboxes
  8. diced
  9. diced up
  10. diceless
  11. dicelike

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