shoebox

See also: shoe box

English

Etymology

From shoe +‎ box.

Pronunciation

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Noun

shoebox (plural shoeboxes)

1. The box in which shoes are sold.

   In one shoebox he had a whole collection of seeds he had saved from last year.

2. (derogatory) A small, cramped residence or similar space.
   • 2010, Mick Herron, Slow Horses, page 249:

     She wondered how come Ho had a garden when everyone she knew lived in shoeboxes.

Translations

box in which shoes are sold

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: schoenendoos (nl) f
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Faroese: skógvaeskja f
• Finnish: kenkälaatikko (fi)
• French: boîte à chaussures f
• German: Schuhschachtel (de) f, Schuhkarton (de) m
• Hungarian: cipősdoboz
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skoeske m or f

  Nynorsk: skoeske f

• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: skokartong (sv) c
• Turkish: ayakkabı kutusu