Meaning

2 senses
  1. The box in which shoes are sold.

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

    Schuhschachtel, Schuhkarton

    коробка для обувиkorobka dlja obuvi

    an oblong rectangular (usually cardboard) box designed to hold a pair of shoes

  2. (derogatory, figuratively)A small, cramped residence or similar space.

    крохотная каморкаkroxotnaja kamorka

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Tom opened the shoebox and took out the shoes.

    deTom öffnete den Schuhkarton und nahm die Schuhe heraus.

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  2. Tom pulled out an old shoebox from his closet and opened it.

    ruТом вытащил из своего шкафа старую обувную коробку и открыл её.

    deTom holte aus seinem Schrank einen alten Schuhkarton hervor und öffnete diesen.

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  3. Tom hides his savings inside a shoebox.

    deTom versteckt seine Ersparnisse in einem Schuhkarton.

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  4. Tom keeps his savings in a shoebox under the bed.

    ruТом хранит сбережения под кроватью в коробке от обуви.

    deTom bewahrt seine Ersparnisse in einem Schuhkarton unter dem Bett auf.

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  5. What we owned in those days could fit into a shoebox.

    deWas wir damals besaßen, passte in einen Schuhkarton.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
box in which shoes are sold:
a small, cramped residence or similar space.:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
box in which shoes are sold:

Origin

From shoe + box.

From shoe + box.

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Forms

plural: shoeboxes
Singularshoebox
Pluralshoeboxes

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shoebox — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto