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WITNESS BOX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does witness box mean? 

WITNESS BOX (noun)
  The noun WITNESS BOX has 1 sense:

1. a box enclosure for a witness when testifyingplay

  Familiarity information: WITNESS BOX used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WITNESS BOX (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A box enclosure for a witness when testifying

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

witness box; witness stand

Hypernyms ("witness box" is a kind of...):

box (separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people)

Holonyms ("witness box" is a part of...):

court; courtroom (a room in which a lawcourt sits)


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