box room

noun British.

a storage room, especially one for trunks, suitcases, etc.

Origin of box room

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby box room

box nail, box number, box office, box pleat, box plot, box room, box score, box seat, box set, box sill, box social

Example sentences from the Web for boxroom

  • Looking out of the boxroom window was like looking down on the top of a green forest, Phyllis always thought.

    Oswald Bastable and Others |Edith Nesbit

  • That night Hildebrand secretly slept in the boxroom, on a pile of newspapers, with a rag-bag and a hearthrug over him.

    Oswald Bastable and Others |Edith Nesbit

British Dictionary definitions for boxroom

boxroom
/ (ˈbɒksˌruːm, -ˌrʊm) /

noun

a small room or large cupboard in which boxes, cases, etc, may be stored