Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cheese box

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.44 in modern English

Syllables: cheese box
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of cheesebox (“container for cheese”).

noun

A device formerly used by phreakers to convert a home telephone line into a payphone.

Example Sentences

"Then the bookie leaves the site of the phone and stations himself blocks away in another room with a phone attached to a similar cheese box."
"The cheese box bridges two separate telephone lines. It is often used by bookmakers and bettors to place free calls for accepting or placing bets."
"There are files circulating about the modem/phreak world regarding a device known as a cheese box."

Etymology

(phreaking device): The device could originally be fitted into a wooden box intended for cheese. Compare blue box.

Inflected Forms

cheese boxes (plural)

Questions

What does cheese box mean?: Alternative form of cheesebox (“container for cheese”).
Where does cheese box come from?: (phreaking device): The device could originally be fitted into a wooden box intended for cheese. Compare blue box.

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