Word.ws English Dictionary

omnibus box

omnibus box noun: a large box in a theatre, usually level with the stage and having access to it.

omnibus box: a large box in a theatre, usually level with the stage and having access to it
Image: British Cartoon Prints Collection, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Noun

omnibus box (plural omnibus boxes)

  1. (UK, dated) A large box in a theatre, usually level with the stage and having access to it.
    • You and he yawn together out of the same omnibus-box every night; you fancy yourselves men of pleasure; you fancy yourselves men of fashion; you fancy yourselves men of taste1856, William Makepeace Thackeray, Novels by Eminent Hands: And Character Sketches
    Synonyms:
    omnibus

Synonyms of omnibus box

Forms of omnibus box

pluralomnibus boxes

Questions about omnibus box

What does omnibus box mean?
Omnibus box means a large box in a theatre, usually level with the stage and having access to it.
What part of speech is omnibus box?
Omnibus box is a noun.
What is the plural of omnibus box?
The plural of omnibus box is omnibus boxes.

Words near omnibus box in the dictionary

  1. omnibox
  2. omniboxes
  3. omnibuilding
  4. omnibuildings
  5. omnibus
  6. omnibus box
  7. omnibus boxes
  8. omnibus progression
  9. omnibus pudding
  10. omnibused
  11. omnibuses

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: omnibus box (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “omnibus box.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/omnibus_box. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.