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spaghetti box

spaghetti box noun: a kind of tall cardboard box in which cassette tapes were originally packaged for retail display to discourage theft.

Noun

spaghetti box (plural spaghetti boxes)

  1. (historical) A kind of tall cardboard box in which cassette tapes were originally packaged for retail display to discourage theft.

Forms of spaghetti box

pluralspaghetti boxes

Origin of spaghetti box

From the resemblance to the boxes in which spaghetti is sold.

Questions about spaghetti box

What does spaghetti box mean?
Spaghetti box means a kind of tall cardboard box in which cassette tapes were originally packaged for retail display to discourage theft.
What part of speech is spaghetti box?
Spaghetti box is a noun.
What is the plural of spaghetti box?
The plural of spaghetti box is spaghetti boxes.

Words near spaghetti box in the dictionary

  1. spaghetti bologneses
  2. spaghetti bowl
  3. spaghetti bowl effect
  4. spaghetti bowl effects
  5. spaghetti bowls
  6. spaghetti box
  7. spaghetti boxes
  8. spaghetti chart
  9. spaghetti charts
  10. spaghetti code
  11. spaghetti diagram

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