shoebox

noun

shoe·​box ˈshü-ˌbäks How to pronounce shoebox (audio)
variants or less commonly shoe box
1
: a box that shoes are sold in
a shoebox full of old photographs
2
: a small space and especially a small living space
The loft, almost an hour from her house by tube, is a shoebox with 18-foot ceilings, white and blue, with odds and ends of mismatched furniture …Michael Kimmelman
often used before another noun
a shoebox apartment
Since commercial real estate was cheaper, art galleries and Off Off Off Broadway theaters could spring up in shoebox storefronts.James Wolcott

Examples of shoebox in a Sentence

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Shoebox Slide Can be played: Indoors or outdoors Supplies: Two shoeboxes for each team Instructions: Divide the children into teams. Catherine Holecko, Parents, 30 July 2024 Tape a small piece of paper inside the shoebox on the other end. Austin American-Statesman, 8 Apr. 2024 Inexpensive satellites roughly the size of a shoebox offer imagery and analysis to paying customers worldwide. Amy Zegart, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019 Instead, FedEx got the call and this beautiful roundball—sans air—was shoved into a shoebox. Brett Owens, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shoebox 

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of shoebox was in 1838

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“Shoebox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoebox. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.

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