damp box

American  

noun

Ceramics.

1. a box that is lined with moist material for keeping clay in a plastic state.

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Example Sentences

In just a few short steps, the 72-year-old can run out of his living room and down a short flight of narrow concrete stairs into a cold and damp box in the ground below his house, with only a single bare lightbulb.

From The Guardian

What he didn’t understand is that she wanted a freezer for a “damp box,” a place to store partly sculpted pieces where there would be enough humidity that they wouldn’t dry out.

From Washington Times

In the damp box of the old kennel, the sound of the sea washes away all other sounds; she tends to the snails as though to plants in a garden.

From Literature

To do this wet them thoroughly, put in a damp box, and cover with wet raw cotton or wet newspaper, then place in a cool spot.

From Project Gutenberg

Brock's Fireworks on a Thursday evening at the Crystal Palace, oneself a small boy sitting with both hands between one's knees, one's mouth open, a damp box of chocolates on one's lap, the murmured "Ah ..." of the happy crowd as the little gentle "Pop!" showed green and red against the blue night sky.

From Project Gutenberg