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HOTBOX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hotbox mean?
• HOTBOX (noun)
The noun HOTBOX has 1 sense:
1. a journal bearing (as of a railroad car) that has overheated
Familiarity information: HOTBOX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A journal bearing (as of a railroad car) that has overheated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hotbox" is a kind of...):
journal bearing (the bearing of a journal)
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