red box
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.86 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A phreaking device that generates tones to simulate the insertion of coins into a payphone, thus enabling the user to make illegitimate free calls.
noun
A secure briefcase-like box used by ministers in the British government to carry their documents.
British usage
noun
A "tornado watch" notification, indicating that conditions might lead to a tornado though none has yet been sighted.
American usage; Informal
Example Sentences
- "Downing Street has rejected suggestions that David Cameron might have caused a security breach by briefly leaving his official ministerial red box unaccompanied on the table of a train carriage."
- "See also: severe thunderstorm watch"