bandbox
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A box of lightweight construction (e.g. cardboard, thin wood) for carrying hats or other apparel items.
Example Sentences
- "There is a dangerous freshness in the hues / Of the new bonnets which that day produces / Bright from the bandbox, be they greens or blues; / The aspect of a new pelisse conduces / To gazings which the gazer often rues."
- "On the evening of Easter Sunday the gypsies of Southern Europe take a wooden vessel like a band-box, which rests cradle-wise on two cross pieces of wood."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
bandboxes (plural)
band-box (alternative)