hatbox
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈhætˌbɑks/
:
caja de sombrero
- She placed her favorite hat in the hatbox to keep it safe.
- carry the hatbox
- hatbox lid
- open the hatbox
Examples
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Chassi pulled the silk ties of the bow and lifted the lid off Nana's hatbox.
Fiction book (2000) -
Gathering her hatbox, she fixed her gaze on the window dresser who was changing the shoes of a male mannequin in the showcase window of a shoe store.
Fiction book (1992) -
May i have my hatbox, please?
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I reached up and caught the edge of the hatbox with my right hand.
Fiction book (1999) -
I seem to remember taking it out of a hatbox.
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Why would your mom have $15,000, in cash, hidden in a hatbox?
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With excitement, I reached for a large hatbox she had positioned on top of the chest of drawers.
Fiction book (1994) -
"What about this hatbox?"
Fiction book (1999) -
This hatbox contains my negotiations with barons in shipping, mining and railroads.
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Nana's hatbox is full of postcards that Chassi had memorized as if they were lines from a script.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
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1.0
A usually rectangular container with a lid for holding things or the amount it holds
∞
1.0
A box or container for holding and carrying things like bottles
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1.3
A thing that holds or stores items, for example a box
37
1.0
A box made of cardboard used for packing or storing things
1
9.9
A light round cardboard box for keeping hats
How Protective
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Morphology
Etymology
Hatbox is a simple compound of hat and box and was originally a stiff, round box made to protect a hat on journeys. So, a hatbox today still means a container for storing or carrying hats.