Definition of Press box

1. Noun. Box reserved for reporters (as at a sports event).

Category relationships: Athletics, Sport
Generic synonyms: Box

Definition of Press box

1. Noun. (sports) The section in a stadium or arena set aside for the press, or specifically for sportscasters. ¹

2. Noun. (manufacturing) In a cotton gin, the box in which lint is compacted by a tramper. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Press Box

press'd
press-gang
press-ganged
press-ganging
press-gangs
press-up
press-ups
press agency
press agent
press agents
press ahead
press avail
press availability
press avails
press box
press brake
press brakes
press card
press charges
press clipping
press conference
press conferences
press corps
press cutting
press down
press down on
press forward
press gaggle
press gaggles

Literary usage of Press box

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

1. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon (1874)
"As soon as the bags B have been placed vertically in the press-box in the usual manner, a stamper Em;ido of wood, about 16 it. long and 8 in. square with a ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"The press-plate C allows the press-box F to be shifted so that the filled press bags and ... The press-box holds 5 or 6 bags, each weighing about 22 pounds, ..."

3. Biennial report by North Dakota Geological Survey (1906)
"The press box is in the front of the machine, and the clay is forced into the molds by a vertically moving plunger, • by swinging press plates, ..."

4. Coke: A Treatise on the Manufacture of Coke and Other Prepared Fuels and the by John Fulton (1905)
"The press box c has an independent motion, as it is operated by the cam-track in the gear ... The press box remains stationary at its rearward position, ..."

5. Hydraulic, Steam, and Hand Power Lifting and Pressing Machinery by Frederick Colyer (1881)
"Then distance between the wheels of the press box is sufficient to allow the press table to bear on the bottom of the box and not on the wheels. ..."

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