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Definition of Penalty box
1. Noun. (ice hockey) an enclosed bench to the side of an ice-hockey rink for players who are serving time penalties.
Generic synonyms: Bench
Group relationships: Ice Hockey Rink, Ice-hockey Rink
Definition of Penalty box
1. Noun. (ice hockey) An enclosed bench where a player must remain for timed period (a penalty) that is assessed after an infraction. ¹
2. Noun. (soccer) The penalty area. ¹
3. Noun. (idiomatic figuratively) A temporary punishment, or, metaphorically, a similar setback (e.g., loss of control, embarrassment, etc.). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Penalty Box
Literary usage of Penalty box
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Statistical Account of Scotland (1845)
"The whilk day, William Cunningham, keeper of the penalty box, answered that the
box rmd all that was therein was taken away by the Englishmen, and gave hi, ..."
2. An Inverted Sort of Prayer by Chris F. Needham (2006)
"good in die room kind of guy with traces of blood in his urine splitting time
between the press box and the penalty box. Sometimes I think my entire life ..."
3. Old Church Life in Scotland: Lectures on Kirk-session and Presbytery Records by Andrew Edgar (1886)
"... several subsequent years the salary of the schoolmaster was drawn from the
annual rent of stock held by the Session, with an eke from the penalty box. ..."
4. Waiter, There's a Horse in My Wine: A Treasury of Entertainment, Exploration by Jennifer "Chotzi" Rosen (2005)
"Scofflaws can't use the VQA appellation and will be put in the penalty box for
icing. Right now you're probably thinking, "Hello! ..."
5. Annals of Colinsburgh: With Notes on Church Life in Kilconquhar Parish by Robert Dick (1896)
"... Scots into the penalty box " for swearing that was in his house be his servants."
Besides the many breaches of the seventh commandment numerous cases of ..."
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