CASHBOX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cashbox mean? 

• CASHBOX (noun)
  The noun CASHBOX has 1 sense:

1. a strongbox for holding cash

  Familiarity information: CASHBOX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CASHBOX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A strongbox for holding cash

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cashbox; money box; till

Hypernyms ("cashbox" is a kind of...):

deedbox; strongbox (a strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cashbox"):

cash register; register (a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill)

 Context examples 

I left the breakfast-table, and as I ascended the stair I met him coming down with an old rusty key, which must have belonged to the attic, in one hand, and a small brass box, like a cashbox, in the other.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)