lunchbox

[ luhnch-boks ]

noun
  1. a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.

Origin of lunchbox

1
First recorded in 1860–65; lunch + box1
  • Also called lunchpail, lunch·buck·et [luhnch-buhk-it]. /ˈlʌntʃˌbʌk ɪt/.

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How to use lunchbox in a sentence

  • He had on his old peaked hat and carried his handsome leather lunch box jauntily in one hand.

    The "Genius" | Theodore Dreiser

British Dictionary definitions for lunchbox

lunchbox

/ (ˈlʌntʃˌbɒks) /


noun
  1. a container for carrying a packed lunch

  2. British and Australian jocular a man's genitals

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