"spicebox" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spicebox.wav [Southern-England] Forms: spiceboxes [plural], spice-box [alternative], spice box [alternative]
Etymology: From spice + box. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|spice|box}} spice + box Head templates: {{en-noun}} spicebox (plural spiceboxes)
  1. An ornamental box for keeping spices.
    Sense id: en-spicebox-en-noun-u-q5wbIs
  2. (colloquial) A hot-tempered person. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-spicebox-en-noun-kN7JBk2P
  3. (Ireland) Synonym of spice bag. Tags: Ireland Synonyms: spice bag [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-spicebox-en-noun-uvpvF-hK Categories (other): Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Food and drink containers, Foods Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 9 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 3 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 3 93 Disambiguation of Food and drink containers: 6 6 89 Disambiguation of Foods: 15 2 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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