Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A container in which baked goods are stored to maintain their freshness.
Wiktionary
- n. A container for storing bread or other baked goods to keep them fresh.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a container used to store breads or cake, to keep them fresh.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a container used to keep bread or cake in
Examples
“It's called a breadbox on wheels, a glorified golf cart.”
“The breadbox is our meeting place, and we spend hours just sitting there talking about what to do, or meeting and going somewheres.”
“John Brennan, the president's top counterterrorism adviser, said the packages containing explosives, which he compared in size to a "breadbox," were undergoing forensic analysis, and the inquiry was at an early stage.”
“If you're short on cabinet space, a breadbox is a great countertop storage solution because it holds a lot but keeps things organized and out of the way. ”
“Once Marcarelli and Williford had settled on the script, Marcarelli and his production company put together the money to make the film "It was less than a million and bigger than a breadbox," Marcarelli says, which they shot in 17 days in Guildford, where Marcarelli still has a house.”
The Huffington Post: Marshall Fine: Interview: Creators talk about gay drama, The Green
“And within that breadth exists both breath and bread, something maybe important, for flash is certainly bigger than a breath and smaller than a breadbox, and the point is what?”
“This past decade, as cell phones became smaller than a breadbox, roaming charges started disappearing, and U.S. penetration neared 89%, the long distance charges faded away all together.”
“And a box smaller than a breadbox can power a HOME.”
“I stared at the dead plant on the shelf above the breadbox.”
“The CIA grad first transformed nutty wheat into fat, salt-topped focaccia at Chestnut and dreams of applying artisanal, back-to-basics foodstuffs far beyond the breadbox.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘breadbox’.
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X Marks the Spot
Words ending in "x" (except proper nouns and trademarks)
ax, ex, ox, soapbox, smallpox, six, sex, sax, rex, pressbox, climax, chickenpox and 208 more...
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Compounds That Look Freakish
You know who you are, freakish compounds. Though very useful, some of these words just don't seem right together--or, their meanings are so far from what the two (or more) component words suggest t...
nightjar, bullfinch, grassquit, bananaquit, ovenbird, waxwing, stonechat, wheatear, bushtit, wrentit, starthroat, godwit and 158 more...
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ginnylev's Words
neuroplasticity, repudiate, scintilla, ruminate, tautology, ombudsman, exigent, filibuster, grace, ambidextrous, amends, disclosure and 623 more...
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Permutations
There are 17576 different sequences of three letters (26 x 26 x 26). How many of them occur in words? General rules of engagement: mononyms only, lower case preferred to upper case, short preferred...
aaargh, niqaabi, Isaac, raad, baaed, haaf, laager, aah, kamaaina, Naajaat, aak, aalii and 637 more...
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Measure For Measure
Idiomatic, literary & metaphorical standards of measurement.
football field, hop, skip, jump, Mississippi, potato, hair's breadth, coffee spoons, candlemark, dog's age, coon's age, clams and 14 more...
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Box It Up
abox, bandbox, beatbox, boxboard, boxcar, boxful, boxlike, boxy, breadbox, cashbox, chatterbox, firebox and 30 more...
Tweets
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whichbe A oddly significant unit of size. Dec 18, 2008