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feedbox

American  
[feed-boks] / ˈfidˌbɒks /

noun

  1. a box for animal feed.

  2. a casing for the feeding mechanism of a machine.


Etymology

Origin of feedbox

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; feed + box 1


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He then trained cats, one at a time, to lift the lid of the feedbox whenever the light flashed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Working on a grant from the Otho Sprague Institute, Dr. Masserman rigged up an automatic feeding apparatus which dropped some food into the feedbox of a glass cage every time a light flashed on.

From Time Magazine Archive

Each tried to butt the other out of the feedbox.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week the 102nd paper signed up to buy Joseph and Stewart Alsop's column of erudite background, sound and sometimes brilliant opinion, and feedbox gossip.

From Time Magazine Archive

A hayloft spanning an entire side of the building served as a feedbox.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

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