shoebox

noun

shoe·box ˈshü-ˌbäks

variants or less commonly shoe box

: a box that shoes are sold in

a shoebox full of old photographs

: a small space and especially a small living space

The loft, almost an hour from her house by tube, is a shoebox with 18-foot ceilings, white and blue, with odds and ends of mismatched furniture …—

Michael Kimmelman

—often used before another noun

a shoebox apartment

Since commercial real estate was cheaper, art galleries and Off Off Off Broadway theaters could spring up in shoebox storefronts.—

James Wolcott

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Shoebox Slide Can be played: Indoors or outdoors Supplies: Two shoeboxes for each team Instructions: Divide the children into teams. —

Catherine Holecko, Parents, 30 July 2024 Tape a small piece of paper inside the shoebox on the other end. —

Austin American-Statesman, 8 Apr. 2024 Inexpensive satellites roughly the size of a shoebox offer imagery and analysis to paying customers worldwide. —

Amy Zegart, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019 Instead, FedEx got the call and this beautiful roundball—sans air—was shoved into a shoebox. —

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