shoebox

American  

[shoo-boks] / ˈʃuˌbɒks /

Or shoe box

noun

1. an oblong cardboard box of a standard size used to package a pair of shoes for sale.

2. any house, building, or other construction likened to a shoebox because of its shape or cramped area.

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Etymology

Origin of shoebox

First recorded in 1855–60; shoe + box ¹

Example Sentences

On the floor at the back, her flashlight found a stack of shoeboxes covered in glitter and bright paint.

From Literature

Her family said she started singing before she could talk and within a few years, she composed a song about a corncob doll that her proud mother transcribed and tucked into a shoebox for safekeeping.

From Salon

Imagine the Los Angeles sports landscape in a shoebox, with most of it focused in the downtown area with the Lakers and the Dodgers.

From Los Angeles Times

Joe Mulvehill, a New York doctor who visits many elderly patients in their homes, said he regularly finds drawers or shoeboxes full of pills, often sent by mail.

From The Wall Street Journal

The shoebox of football cards, the smell of my old hockey equipment, the sound of the desk safe where I kept my silver dollars all transport me back decades.

From The Wall Street Journal