Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deathbox

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: death-box
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Example Sentences

"Once he was asleep again, they brought him back again, bound him, sealed him in his deathbox, muffled the World from him with a black, black pall."
"I always remember hearing infantry men say to us again and again: 'I wouldn't like to go in your deathboxes,' and we always answered: 'And we don't like to walk.'”"
"Razor's mother hollered and spread her body atop her son's shiny death box. “Why, Lord? Why my chile?!” the woman screamed."
"The local militia, led by their 'jack captain, paid their respects by carrying the death-box and by escorting it."

Etymology

From death + box. Compare Dutch doodskist (literally “death-chest”).

Inflected Forms

deathboxes (plural) death-box (alternative) death box (alternative)

Questions

What does deathbox mean?: coffin
Where does deathbox come from?: From death + box. Compare Dutch doodskist (literally “death-chest”).

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