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PLAY-BOX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does play-box mean?
• PLAY-BOX (noun)
The noun PLAY-BOX has 1 sense:
1. a box for a child's toys and personal things (especially at a boarding school)
Familiarity information: PLAY-BOX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A box for a child's toys and personal things (especially at a boarding school)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
play-box; playbox
Hypernyms ("play-box" is a kind of...):
box (a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
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