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brainbox

noun
/ˈbɹeɪn(ˌ)bɒks/

Etymology

From brain + box.

  1. derived from Boxenstopp
  2. derived from pyxis
  3. derived from buxis
  4. inherited from *buhsā✻
  5. inherited from box
  6. inherited from box — “container, box, cup”
  7. compounded as brainbox — “brain + box”

Definitions

  1. The cavity of the skull in which the brain is contained.

    • Holonyms: skull, cranium < head
    • The compromise was to use as much of the skull as possible by pushing the eyes in towards the centre, and relegating the brain box to the rear.

  2. The skull

    The skull; the head.

  3. A very intelligent person.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for brainbox. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA