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patchbox

patchbox is the alternative spelling of patch box.

Meaning of patch box

Noun

patch box (plural patch boxes)

  1. (historical) A fancy box, generally with a mirror under the lid, for holding artificial beauty spots, or patches, worn on the face.
  2. A lidded container fitted to a gun to hold the cloth patches used when shooting round shot.

Forms of patchbox

pluralpatchboxes

Questions about patchbox

What is patchbox the alternative spelling of?
Patchbox is the alternative spelling of patch box.

Words near patchbox in the dictionary

  1. Patcham
  2. patchbay
  3. patchbays
  4. patchboard
  5. patchboards
  6. patchbox
  7. patchboxes
  8. patchcoat
  9. patchcoats
  10. patched
  11. patched over

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Adapted from Wiktionary: patchbox (page history and authors); patch 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.

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