workbox

English

Etymology

work +‎ box

Noun

workbox (plural workboxes)

1. A toolbox; a container for the items needed to carry out a task.

   The sewing workbox held fabric, needles, notions, patterns, and other supplies.

2. (figurative) A set of skills and approaches.
   • 2009, Stephen Bowkett, Countdown to Creative Writing:

     As with an understanding of the basic elements, knowing something of how sub-elements work gives insight into how stories generally are put together, thus adding another analytical tool to the pupils's ^[sic] mental workbox.

Hypernyms

• (container for tools): box

Translations

container for items

• Finnish: tarvikelaatikko

Anagrams

• boxwork