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loose boxes

loose boxes is the plural of loose box.

Meaning of loose box

Noun

loose box (plural loose boxes)

  1. (UK) A separate compartment of a building in which livestock are free to move about; especially a form of stable for horses.
    • Long before you see the lean, handsome heads peering mildly over the half-doors of the loose boxes, you know that East Ilsley's business is training racehorses.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 164
  2. (archaic) A brougham or other vehicle kept for the use of a dame de compagnie.

Questions about loose boxes

What is loose boxes the plural of?
Loose boxes is the plural of loose box.

Words near loose boxes in the dictionary

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  3. loose anagen syndrome
  4. loose as a goose
  5. loose box
  6. loose boxes
  7. loose cannon
  8. loose cannoned
  9. loose cannoning
  10. loose cannons
  11. loose change

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