shoebox
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- noun
- /ˈʃuˌbɑks/
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apartamento diminuto
- So put this to the side real quick and see what else comes in this like shoebox size box.
- shoebox-sized
- shoebox-size
- shoebox apartment
Kind of like our shoebox, but to the extreme.
- Kind of like our shoebox, but to the extreme.
Examples
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Housing has become a shoebox.
Blog text (8) -
Our daughter, Mia, is at NYU, living in a shoebox.
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So, your little shoebox is full now?
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A shoebox is fine as long as it has a bed.
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My room became a shoebox with one window that looked out into the Kiviors' clothesline.
Fiction book (1999) -
Max held a shoebox-sized, paper-wrapped package, which was crushed on one side.
Fiction book (1992) -
A white-sided rectangular shoebox of a house with a green front door and matching ornamental green shutters.
Fiction book (1999) -
A struggling journalist who lives in a shoebox-sized apartment and writes under a pseudonym because her father demanded she spare him the embarrassment.
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It's been a long, draining process—thirty-eight months of reporting, writing, and furious pacing about my shoebox-sized home office.
Blog text (19) -
Many young professionals in the city live in a small shoebox apartment due to high rent prices.
Synonyms
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A usually rectangular container with a lid for holding things or the amount it holds
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A large strong container used to hold things for moving or storage
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Etymology
Shoebox is also used to describe a very small, rectangular room or apartment because it looks like a shoe box. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine living in a box for shoes, so calling a place a shoebox means it feels small and cramped.