saltbox

1. A box for keeping salt in.

2. A similar box formerly used as a percussion instrument in burlesque music.

3. (US)A distinctively shaped wooden-frame house with two stories at the front and one behind, characteristic of New England.

   a type of house built in New England; has two stories in front and one behind

4. A roof where one side slopes farther down than the other.

5. (UK, historical, slang)The cell in Newgate prison for a prisoner condemned to death.

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