springbox
springbox is the alternative spelling of spring box.
Meaning of spring box
Noun
spring box (plural spring boxes)
- A small compartment or box built over or placed into running water so that containers of perishable foods (milk, etc) inside it are kept cool, a traditional method of refrigeration.
- Springs […] formed where groundwater was pushed up to the surface as a result of differences in slope in the shallow aquifers. […] Ollice's spring surfaced on a hillside beneath the roots of a giant white oak. It flowed into a cypress-encased spring box where fresh milk was stored in the cold water...2022, Kelby Ouchley, Bayou D’Arbonne Swamp: A Naturalist’s Memoir of Place, page 65
Forms of springbox
| plural | springboxes |
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Origin of springbox
From spring + box.
Questions about springbox
- What is springbox the alternative spelling of?
- Springbox is the alternative spelling of spring box.
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