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fuse box

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noun

  1. a housing for electric fuses

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Searching for the source of a lighting failure he opened a fuse box: “It looked like an exploded firecracker.”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 10, 2026

The fuse box was burnt out and clothes dried on wire stretched across the stairwell.

From Barron's Oct. 17, 2025

You should also disconnect all electrical appliances or turn off electric circuits at the fuse box or circuit breaker panel.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2022

Officials said most violations are not typically serious, but are included on a list of items needed to bring a building into compliance, such as proper labeling on a fuse box or stucco replacement.

From Seattle Times Jul. 22, 2021

Why are clean pans more important than a functioning fuse box?

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

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