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fuse box

British  

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

If you have to evacuate, you should disconnect all electrical appliances or turn off electric circuits at the fuse box or circuit breaker panel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025

He had come into contact with a lightbulb served by an unearthed fuse box.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2023

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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