lunchbox

English

noun
Definitions
  • A container for transporting meals, especially lunch.
  • (slang) A person or object constantly at one's side (in the manner of a lunchbox).
  • (British slang) The male genitals when enclosed in clothing.
  • (Asia) A lunch packaged in a disposable box to be taken away to eat.
  • (computing) A luggable; an early laptop computer, usually a unit with a handle and a fold-out keyboard.
  • (slang) A simple portable transmitter sometimes used in phreaking.
  • A cocktail made with beer, orange juice, and almond liqueur.

Etymology

Compound from English lunch + English box (verb, a blow with the fist, boxhaul, box, case, punch).

Origin

English

box

Gloss

verb, a blow with the fist, boxhaul, box, case, punch

Concept
Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

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