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shot box

shot box noun: a video camera attachment for controlling and storing lens settings.

Noun

shot box (plural shot boxes)

  1. A video camera attachment for controlling and storing lens settings.
    • The zoom lenses on many studio cameras have shot boxes that can electronically memorize several preselected zoom speed and focal length settings.1996, Ron Whittaker, Video Field Production, page 107

Forms of shot box

pluralshot boxes

Questions about shot box

What does shot box mean?
Shot box means a video camera attachment for controlling and storing lens settings.
What part of speech is shot box?
Shot box is a noun.
What is the plural of shot box?
The plural of shot box is shot boxes.

Words near shot box in the dictionary

  1. shot across the bows
  2. shot an elephant with a BB gun
  3. shot around
  4. shot back
  5. shot blasting
  6. shot box
  7. shot boxes
  8. shot caller
  9. shot callers
  10. shot clock
  11. shot clocks

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