live box

English

A live box visible at low tide

Children observing the contents of a live box

Alternative forms

• live-box

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪvˌbɒks/

Noun

live box (plural live boxes)

1. A box or pen suspended in water to keep aquatic animals alive.
   • 1856, Philip Henry Gosse, Tenby: A Sea-side Holiday:

     A drop of water and sediment oozes out; and when the live-box cover is put on, this drop is flattened out, and the box is set upon the stage of the microscope to be searched with a low power.

   • 1908, Papers, volume 2, page 302:

     The 3 individuals which escaped joined others of their species which had been for some days living apparently unmolested against the flat bottom and sides of a large, floating live-box.