bedbox

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A box-bed.

   • In the NORTH ROOM, two bedboxes are built into one wall and hung with the same coarse striped silk as the fireplace.
   • Her gaze swept the room, taking in the oatcakes cold on the stones of her firebox, the dusty loom she never used, her storage shelf above the bedbox stacked with baskets of dried berries and grain.
   • The oval Norse hut at L15 was a substantial structure, probably with two rooms, a bedbox, and fireplace and was used for a considerable period of time.
2. 2

   A nest box.

   • We transferred Minnie to her new quarters after dark, carrying her in her bedbox and putting it inside the V-shaped pig house within the pen.
   • Kiwi, our green-checked conure, crawled out of her bedbox and loudly demanded attention.
3. 3

   A very small bedroom that does not hold much more than a bed.

   • The rooms which in the introduction have been described as "bedboxes" are actually only about twice as large as the bed.
   • It's essentially a budget hotel (the £69 room rate is valid every day), but comes with a reasonably stylish design that sets it apart from most cheapo bedboxes.

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