Shoebox (Noun)
Meaning 1
An oblong rectangular (usually cardboard) box designed to hold a pair of shoes.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- She rummaged through her attic and found an old shoebox filled with memories from her childhood.
- The storage unit was stacked high with plastic bins and old shoeboxes, each one labeled with a specific category of items inside.
- He quickly grabbed a shoebox from under the bed and began to pack his shoes for the move.
- The shoebox was dusty and worn, but it still held a certain charm as a makeshift pen holder on her desk.
- At the garage sale, customers could find everything from vintage electronics to old shoeboxes of assorted knick-knacks.
Meaning 2
A structure resembling a shoebox (as a rectangular building or a cramped room or compartment).
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The interior of the elevator was cramped, essentially just a shoebox with buttons and a screen.
- The dorm room was a shoebox with a single window that let in a sliver of natural light.
- The apartment was essentially a vertical shoebox, with four narrow floors stacked on top of each other.
- The storage unit was a metal shoebox, slightly wider and deeper than it was tall, with a roll-up door.
- The old control room was a tiny shoebox of a space, crammed with outdated equipment and flickering monitors.