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shatterbox

shatterbox noun: a device for mechanically pulverizing a sample of material, used by scientists.

Noun

shatterbox (plural shatterboxes)

  1. A device for mechanically pulverizing a sample of material, used by scientists.

Forms of shatterbox

pluralshatterboxes

Origin of shatterbox

From shatter + box.

Questions about shatterbox

What does shatterbox mean?
Shatterbox means a device for mechanically pulverizing a sample of material, used by scientists.
What part of speech is shatterbox?
Shatterbox is a noun.
What is the plural of shatterbox?
The plural of shatterbox is shatterboxes.

Words near shatterbox in the dictionary

  1. shatter cone
  2. shatter cones
  3. shatter the ice
  4. shatterability
  5. shatterable
  6. shatterbox
  7. shatterboxes
  8. shatterbrained
  9. shattercane
  10. shattercanes
  11. shattercone

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