sweatbox

English

noun
Definitions
  • Any box or boxlike structure used to induce sweating, such as of hides or tobacco
  • (US) A jail cell.
  • A small overheated cell or room used for solitary confinement or torture.
  • (slang) A small nightclub packed to capacity where people get hot and sweaty.

Etymology

Compound from English sweat (sugary) + 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

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