box room
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noun British.
a storage room, especially one for trunks, suitcases, etc.
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Origin of box room
First recorded in 1925–30
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How to use box room in a sentence
That night Hildebrand secretly slept in the boxroom, on a pile of newspapers, with a rag-bag and a hearthrug over him.
Oswald Bastable and Others|Edith NesbitLooking out of the boxroom window was like looking down on the top of a green forest, Phyllis always thought.
Oswald Bastable and Others|Edith NesbitWithin was a pitch-dark cupboard-like boxroom, hot, stuffy, and smelling of dust and old leather.
Crome Yellow|Aldous Huxley
British Dictionary definitions for box room
boxroom
/ (ˈbɒksˌruːm, -ˌrʊm) /
noun
a small room or large cupboard in which boxes, cases, etc, may be stored
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