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SWEATBOX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sweatbox mean?
• SWEATBOX (noun)
The noun SWEATBOX has 2 senses:
1. small or narrow cell
2. a device that causes tobacco leaves or fruit or hides to sweat
Familiarity information: SWEATBOX used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small or narrow cell
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sweatbox" is a kind of...):
cell; jail cell; prison cell (a room where a prisoner is kept)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A device that causes tobacco leaves or fruit or hides to sweat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sweatbox" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
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