hatbox

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Recent Examples of hatbox Cords dangle uncovered from teensy lamps, pens live in a vintage-looking tomato can, and there’s a random magic 8 ball next to the huge hatbox for the huge hat. Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 12 June 2025 On the floor is a hatbox from a hat shop in London. Sloane Crosley, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024 The ghost was intended to be an opening day character whose head disappeared before guests’ eyes then reappeared in a hatbox in his hand. Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023 Stephen and Elizabeth burst in carrying a hatbox with the trilby in it. Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2023 Other new additions include Venus et Fleur’s Gardenia Magnifica blooms that hail from Japan and are designed to last a year; the Toile de Joie hatbox; the L’Atelier Vert Candle and more. Charlie Carballo, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatbox
Noun
  • The Pinnacle's importance to emerging, independent-minded, hard-touring country acts To the untrained eye, The Pinnacle is a raw bandbox that feels like a split-level airplane hangar where superstars play pop music.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • As for the transplanted Tucker, playing home games at Wrigley Field, a notorious bandbox, should help raise his value.
    Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • One snuffbox had been a present for George V on his 55th birthday in 1920 while the other featured 3,000 diamonds and was bought by Queen Mary in 1932 for £1,000, the equivalent in modern money of around $75,000 according to the Bank of England's inflation calculator.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The snuffbox is the most widespread of the Epioblasma genus of mussels.
    Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 15 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Brooches emerged from the jewel box, still precious but now used as a tool to elevate layering and style from the lapel up.
    Minty Mellon, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The jewel box–like property was created by combining a series of smaller hotels into this 32-room hideaway.
    Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Bagsmart Toiletry Bag delivers, with four spacious compartments, an exterior pocket, and a sturdy hook to keep your essentials organized and off the counter.
    Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
  • An employee washing a stir-fry wok at the three-compartment sink skipped the sanitation step.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Jaguar stopped building the XK in 2014, and Infiniti quietly closed the coffin on the Q60 in 2022 after years of neglect.
    Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The hazing investigation was spurred on by an anonymous report that an older fraternity member forced a younger member inside a coffin on the night of the 911 call.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Somewhere in the Netflix vault is surely a complete video of this set that will likely see the light of day at some point in the future.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Some traders are warning that a looming shortage of physical silver in London’s vaults could drive prices even higher.
    Benzinga, Freep.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In June 2025, the caisson program restarted following an $18 million overhaul by the Army.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 July 2025
  • The refurbishment included a complete overhaul, including a paint job, the repairing of caisson cracks, window and door replacements, cleaning and re-pointing of the foundation masonry, restoring all wood floors, and reconstruction of the intermediate landing between the bridge and gangway.
    Michael P. McKinney, USA Today, 7 June 2025

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“Hatbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatbox. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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