| Pandora's box |
a source of unexpected problems or ills. |
| penalty box |
an enclosure to the side of a hockey rink where penalized players must stay. |
| phone box |
(chiefly British) a small enclosed structure containing a public telephone; phone booth. |
| press box |
a section reserved for reporters, esp. at a sports event. |
| salt-box |
a style of American house that has two stories in the front and a roof that slopes down over one rear story. |
| search box |
in computing, a box in a graphical user interface for typed input into a program that attempts to find matching terms in a file or collection of files. |
| shadow box |
a rectangular case with a glass front for displaying small objects, esp. merchandise. |
| Skinner box |
a box or enclosure used in laboratories in which animal responses to certain stimuli are conditioned by rewards and punishments. |
| soapbox |
a box or crate used to package soap. [2 definitions] |
| tackle box |
a usu. metal box having small compartments for storing small pieces of fishing equipment such as hooks, artificial bait, line, and sinkers. |
| text box |
a box on a computer screen that allows the user to type in text that can then be used by the program. |
| voice box |
the larynx. |
| window box |
a box on or near a window ledge, for growing plants. [2 definitions] |
| witness-box |
(chiefly British) the place in a court of law from which a witness testifies; witness stand. |