"box seat" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-box seat.ogg [Australia] Forms: box seats [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} box seat (plural box seats)
  1. A seat among a group of seats in an enclosure, as at a theater or stadium. Translations (seat): aitiopaikka (Finnish), siège [masculine] (French), ло́жа (lóža) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-box_seat-en-noun--Je3R3zT Disambiguation of 'seat': 100 0 0
  2. (idiomatic) A favorable vantage point. Tags: idiomatic Translations (favorable vantage point): aitiopaikka (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-box_seat-en-noun-Pu-F6zjj Disambiguation of 'favorable vantage point': 1 97 2
  3. (historical) A coachbox. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-box_seat-en-noun-CPxJMPye Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 41 53

Inflected forms

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