Meaning

18 senses
  1. A container maintained at elevated temperatures in order to heat or cook its contents.

  2. A container maintained at elevated temperatures in order to heat or cook its contents.

    An oven.

  3. An overheated shaft bearing.

    a journal bearing (as of a railroad car) that has overheated

  4. An overheated shaft bearing.

    An overheated axle box, bearing and bearing enclosure.

  5. A room or compartment that is kept artificially warm for some purpose.

  6. A room or compartment that is kept artificially warm for some purpose.

    A cold frame containing compost that provides a limited amount of warmth.

    Near-synonym: hotbed

  7. A box for hot composting.

  8. An incubator.

  9. A room or house that becomes unbearably hot inside when the weather is hot.

  10. A small, hot, enclosure, used as a punishment for slaves or prisoners.

  11. A furnace or heat source for a building.

  12. A small, airtight space where people smoke marijuana in order to intensify the high.

Origin

From hot + box.

From hot + box.

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Forms

plural: hotboxes
Singularhotbox
Pluralhotboxes

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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