penalty box

noun

: an area alongside an ice hockey rink to which penalized players are confined for the duration of their penalty

Examples of penalty box in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Gauthier was in the penalty box midway through the third when DeBrusk scored his fourth of the season to put the score at 5-3. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

Pettersson was assessed a two-minute minor, and the sense of frustration, that overwhelming burden of defeat, radiated from the Canucks centre on his way to the penalty box. — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Verhaeghe sent a wrist shot off the crossbar on a breakaway moments after springing from the penalty box. — Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026

Hennadii Synchuk scored on a first-touch shot from the top of the penalty box to give Montreal a 1-0 lead in the 13th minute. — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for penalty box

• heterodox
• homeobox
• unorthodox
• aftershocks
• chatterbox
• chickenpox
• equinox
• firebox
• goldilocks
• hollyhocks
• interlocks
• orthodox