Lexic.us

Definition of Shoebox

1. Noun. A structure resembling a shoebox (as a rectangular building or a cramped room or compartment).

2. Noun. An oblong rectangular (usually cardboard) box designed to hold a pair of shoes.

Definition of Shoebox

1. Noun. The box in which shoes are sold. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shoebox

1. an oblong box for holding a pair of shoes [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoebox

shoe string shoe tossing shoe tree shoe wedge shoe wedges shoebag shoebags shoebill shoebills shoebird

shoeblack shoeblack plant shoeblacks shoebomber shoebombers shoebox (current term) shoeboxes shoeboxlike shoecare shoed

shoefiti shoeful shoegaze shoegazed shoegazer shoegazers shoegazes shoegazey shoegazing shoegear

Literary usage of Shoebox

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Literacy Centers Grades 1-3 by Jo Ellen Moore (2001)
"shoebox Centers shoebox centers are easily stored on a table or shelf in the classroom. ... Cover the shoebox and lid with Con-Tact® paper or butcher paper. ..."

2. Math Centers: Take It to Your Seat, Grades 1-3 by Jill Norris (2002)
"Cover the shoebox and lid with Con-Tact® or butcher paper. 2. ... Select the cards appropriate for your students and place them in the shoebox. ..."

3. 1: 1 Martí Guixéby Marti Guixe, Inga Knölke, Ed van Hinte, Paola Antonelli, Octavi Rofes, Jeffrey Swartz, Brigitte Rambaud by Marti Guixe, Inga Knölke, Ed van Hinte, Paola Antonelli, Octavi Rofes, Jeffrey Swartz, Brigitte Rambaud (2002)
"... Basic Elements Original Paint shoebox brown Original Camper shoebox Wood construction NO Paint Up to you Paint shoebox brown NO Paint Table Cash desk Up ..."

4. Science Activities by Various, Jo Ellen Moore, Joy Evans, Dora Ficklin, Sarita Chávez Silverman, Liz Wolfe (2002)
"Make a Star Box Materials: • shoebox (cut out one end) • black paper (same size as the end of the shoebox) • flashlight • pencil •tape 1. ..."

5. Becoming One Community: Reading & Writing with English Language Learners by Kathleen Fay, Suzanne Whaley (2004)
""shoebox Surprise"—just from reading those words, you were thinking about ... Brenda focuses on the picture of the shoebox that the little girl in the story ..."

6. Science Experiments for Young Learnersby Jill Norris by Jill Norris (2000)
"Cut out one end of the shoebox. • Cut a circle the size of the ... Materials • shoebox with lid • flashlight • black paper • pencil • clear tape • thick pin ..."

7. Cobb's Anatomy by Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (1912)
"When I returned the head barber handed me quite a large box—a shoebox— with a string tied round it. It did not seem possible to me that my cousin could have ..."

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