witness box
witness box noun: a witness stand in a courtroom.
Noun
witness box (plural witness boxes)
- A witness stand in a courtroom.
- The same dingy court room, […]; the royal arms above it [the bench] and the little witness box to one side, where so many honest poor people are bullied1910, Henry Lawson, The Rising of the Court
- There's no lie Jenny Prask wouldn't tell to force Joan into the witness box.1920, A. E. W. Mason, “chapter XXXI”, in The Summons
- Synonyms:
- witness stand
witness box meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Gujarati
witness box in Hindi
- place where a witness gives evidence in a courtroom
- कठघरा kaṭhaghrā, कटघरा kaṭaghrā
witness box in Tamil
- சாட்சிக்கூண்டு, சாட்சிப்பெட்டி, கூடு, பெட்டி
witness box in Kannada
- ಸಾಕ್ಷಿಕಟ್ಟೆ, ಕಟಕಟೆ
witness box in Gujarati
- witness box
- પાંજરું pā̃jrũ
Synonyms of witness box
Forms of witness box
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Questions about witness box
- What does witness box mean?
- Witness box means a witness stand in a courtroom.
- What is witness box in Hindi?
- Witness box in Hindi is कठघरा (kaṭhaghrā), कटघरा (kaṭaghrā). See Witness box meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is witness box?
- Witness box is a noun.
- What is the plural of witness box?
- The plural of witness box is witness boxes.
Words near witness box in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: witness box (page history and authors); witness box (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); witness box (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); પાંજરું (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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