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playbox

playbox noun: a box for storing playthings; a toybox.

Noun

playbox (plural playboxes)

  1. A box for storing playthings; a toybox.
    • […] she brought down in the towel-covered clothes-basket, on the wheel-barrow, […] a playbox with a secret drawer […]1915, Rudyard Kipling, Mary Postgate
    • These paper and print designs may be used to decorate nursery playboxes[…]1947, Viola Hening, Fun with scraps, page 126

Forms of playbox

pluralplayboxes

Origin of playbox

From play + box.

Questions about playbox

What does playbox mean?
Playbox means a box for storing playthings; a toybox.
What part of speech is playbox?
Playbox is a noun.
What is the plural of playbox?
The plural of playbox is playboxes.

Words near playbox in the dictionary

  1. playboats
  2. playbook
  3. playbooks
  4. playbor
  5. playbour
  6. playbox
  7. playboxes
  8. playboy
  9. Playboy Bunnies
  10. Playboy Bunny
  11. Playboyesque

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