cardboard box

noun
/ˈkɑːd.bɔːd bɒks/UK/ˈkɑɹd.bɔɹd bɑks/US

Etymology

The rhyming slang sense alludes to pox.

Definitions

  1. An industrially prefabricated box made from cardboard, primarily used for packaging goods…

    An industrially prefabricated box made from cardboard, primarily used for packaging goods or materials and often recycled.

  2. A corrugated box.

  3. Syphilis.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. Someone who is very dull and uninteresting.

      • Near-synonyms: square, stiff, robot, NPC

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