lunch box

noun

: a box in which a lunch can be kept and carried to school, work, etc.

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Police shared an image of the inside of a lunch box, where a bag of Doritos sat below some other food items and next to a Cutwater Lemon Drop Martini in a can. Irene Wright, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026 The first 10,000 children ages 14 years and under will be handed a lunch box. Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026 These individually wrapped peanut butter and oat bites are a suitable lunch box treat, or fuel for people who take long bike rides and other torturous endurance sports. Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Feb. 2026 Currently on Kickstarter, the HeatWave Go is a self-heating lunch box that uses infrared technology to warm up meals. New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lunch box

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“Lunch box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunch%20box. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.

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