box room
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of box room
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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The best she and her flatmate could do, she says, is to have movie nights in a box room that they also use to hang their washing.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025
Film composers deserve a better museum showcase for their art than this: a black box room that’s not even playing real movie music.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2021
It looks gorgeous out there, though nothing on a box room in north London.
From The Guardian • Jul. 25, 2019
He was given his sister's room as it had a "nice double bed", while she moved to his old box room.
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2018
Here, it’s a box room, filled with papers and files, a fold-up treadmill and an ancient Apple Mac.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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