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memory box

memory box noun: a box containing items that serve as reminders, used for example in therapy for dementia, or as a memorial to a deceased infant.

Noun

memory box (plural memory boxes)

  1. A box containing items that serve as reminders, used for example in therapy for dementia, or as a memorial to a deceased infant.
    • Watch the elderly, even the escapists, as they nurse nostalgia: the wonder as they open memory boxes or old letters or family albums […]2006, F. David Martin, Facing Death: Theme and Variations, page 43

Forms of memory box

pluralmemory boxes

Questions about memory box

What does memory box mean?
Memory box means a box containing items that serve as reminders, used for example in therapy for dementia, or as a memorial to a deceased infant.
What part of speech is memory box?
Memory box is a noun.
What is the plural of memory box?
The plural of memory box is memory boxes.

Words near memory box in the dictionary

  1. memory balloon
  2. memory ballooning
  3. memory bank
  4. memory barrier
  5. memory barriers
  6. memory box
  7. memory boxes
  8. memory café
  9. memory cafés
  10. memory card
  11. memory cards

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