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

Diaby intercepted a pass in the attacking third, raced to the edge of the penalty box and blasted a rising shot into the net to cap the scoring in the 63rd minute. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

Illumina is a genomics sequencing company that spent years in the penalty box. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

For entire stretches of matches, Berger functions as a sweeper when Purce and Guro Reiten lead forays into the opponent’s penalty box. — Karan Lodha, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

At Wednesday’s re-inspection, four dead roaches and six live roaches kept Ocean Grill in the restaurant penalty box. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 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