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pressbox

pressbox is the alternative spelling of press box.

Meaning of press box

Noun

press box (plural press boxes)

  1. The section in a stadium or arena set aside for the press, or specifically for sportscasters.
    • In major league stadiums the press box is usually located between the first and second decks in the loge level.2006, George Gmelch, J.J. Weiner, In the Ballpark: The Working Lives of Baseball People, →ISBN, page 151
  2. In a cotton gin, the box in which lint is compacted by a tramper.
    • In most gins cotton is packaged in a "double-box" press wherein the lint is initially compacted in one press box by a mechanical or hydraulic tramper.1998, “Production and Ginning of Cotton”, in Jeanne Mager Stellman, editor, Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety, 4th edition, →ISBN, page 89.7
  3. Synonym of mult box.
    Synonyms:
    mult box

Forms of pressbox

pluralpressboxes

Questions about pressbox

What is pressbox the alternative spelling of?
Pressbox is the alternative spelling of press box.

Words near pressbox in the dictionary

  1. pressable
  2. pressback
  3. pressbacks
  4. pressboard
  5. pressboards
  6. pressbox
  7. pressboxes
  8. Pressburg
  9. Pressburger
  10. presscake
  11. presscakes

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