Definitions for hotboxes

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hotboxes hot·box

Spelling: [hot-boks]

IPA: /ˈhɒtˌbɒks/

Hotboxes is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 179 anagrams from letters in hotboxes (behoostx).

Definitions for hotboxes

noun

1. a journal box overheated by excessive friction of an axle as a result of inadequate lubrication or the presence of foreign matter.

Origin of hotboxes

First recorded in 1835-45; hot + box¹

Examples for hotboxes

The hotbox atmosphere Jones promotes seems to bring out the unhinged in the elected officials who come on with him.

A hotbox delayed it thirty minutes on one occasion but it was carefully watched.

Mr. Weil, who knew both the gentlemen well, inquired what they thought of Mrs. hotbox's production.

I hope you made no mistake in rejecting that book of Mrs. hotbox.

It is the five minutes' sleep and the good laugh that keep his brain from becoming a hotbox—he gets his rest!