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Definition of Hotbox
1. Noun. A journal bearing (as of a railroad car) that has overheated.
Definition of Hotbox
1. Noun. A container maintained at elevated temperatures in order to heat or cook its contents. ¹
2. Noun. (engineering) An overheated shaft bearing. ¹
3. Verb. To smoke marijuana in a small confined area, such as the inside of a car, until it is full of smoke, thereby purportedly intensifying the drug's effects. ¹
4. Verb. To put out a cigarette just before entering a vehicle, then expel smoke in the vehicle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hotbox
1. an overheated bearing of a railroad car [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hotbox
Literary usage of Hotbox
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Composition: A Compendium of Rules Regarding Good English by Edwin Campbell Woolley (1907)
"Incongruous metaphor : We got some oil for the wheel at a farmhouse, and thus
our hotbox was nipped in the bud. Right: At a farmhouse we got some oil for ..."
2. Four Months Afoot in Spain by Harry Alverson Franck (1911)
"... short of pathetic, if one may judge from the popular s.ea novel that fell into
my hands during my stay. The writer evidently dwelt in the usual hotbox ..."
3. Addresses and Proceedings by National Education Association of the United States, National Teachers' Association (U.S.)., American Normal School Association, Central College Association (1914)
"Words to them are dynamic, which, when properly grouped, propel ideas. The mind,
therefore, develops a hotbox when reciting disconnected words and ..."
4. HVAC and Chemical Resistance Handbook for the Engineer and Architect: A ...by Tom Arimes by Tom Arimes (1994)
"... C 236 hotbox data on a nominal 3 by 7 ft door size with no glazing. (Reprinted
by permission of The Trane Company, an American-Standard Company, ..."
5. Finding themselves by Julia Catherine Stimson (1918)
"... and then three folds of blanket on top of all that, topped off by my heavy
bathrobe, all this on me, the regular old hotbox that I always used to be. ..."
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