Definition of Cat box

1. Noun. A receptacle for cat excrement.

Generic synonyms: Receptacle

Definition of Cat box

1. Noun. A box used to provide a soiling area for (usually) pet cats, generally filled with sand, clay chips, etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cat Box

cat-harping
cat-harpings
cat-hole
cat-house
cat-like
cat-nip
cat-o'-nine-tails
cat-scratch disease
cat-scratch fever
cat-witted
cat and dog life
cat and mouse
cat and rat
cat bear
cat box (current term)
cat boxes
cat burglar
cat burglars
cat chow
cat cracker
cat diseases
cat distemper virus
cat fancier
cat flap
cat flaps
cat flea
cat food
cat got someone's tongue
cat hole

Literary usage of Cat box

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

1. The Practices and Procedures of the Investigating Services of the Deparment edited by Strom Thurmond (1998)
"Other incidents documented by crew members include the statement of ICC Jones telling of witnessing the COB removing documents from the ship's CAT box. ..."

2. Anatomical Technology as Applied to the Domestic Cat: An Introduction to by Burt Green Wilder, Simon Henry Gage (1882)
"The cost of the cat-box, including the glass, is about Sl.fiO. Almost any close vessel or box will answer for the administration of a fatal dose of ..."

3. The Psychology of Mentally Deficient Children by Naomi Norsworthy (1908)
"... one in the cat box illustrated above. The button had to be turned through an angle of 90 degrees before the door of the box could be opened. ..."

4. Laboratory Guide in Experimental Pharmacology by Charles Wallis Edmunds, Arthur Robertson Cushny (1918)
"JA cat box is of the greatest service as a means of protection to the operator whenever this animal is used. It consists of an ordinary wooden box about 30 ..."

5. The First Year Book by Mary Helen Fee, Margaret A. Purcell, Parker Fillmore, John W. Ritchie (1907)
"You are a big cat. box Carry my little square box, big cat! My ball is not square. It is round. I can throw it. Can a cat throw a ball ? ..."

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