hotbox
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hotbox
Example Sentences
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Those sensors, known as hotbox detectors, use infrared scans to measure temperature.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2023
“Why in the world would they want to call him a liar and try to hotbox him and embarrass him?”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2021
CAPA, as it’s called, was a hotbox of ingenuity and genuine success.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2021
That Tesfaye would leave behind his introverted, hotbox R&B for arena-sized, Max Martin-assisted pop for 2015’s Beauty Behind the Madness also referenced Swift’s ambitious pop glow-up in the preceding years.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 29, 2019
"Yeah?—and just how do you live on that hotbox without being contaminated?"
From Noble Redman by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone
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