Meaning

2 senses

  1. (historical)A receptacle where cast metal sorts were thrown after printing.

  2. (slang)A blasting machine producing an electrical charge for a detonation.

Origin

From hell + box.

From hell + box.

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Forms

plural: hellboxes
Singularhellbox
Pluralhellboxes

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hellahellfirehellish
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