shadow box


noun

a shallow, rectangular frame fronted with a glass panel, used to show and at the same time protect items on display, as paintings, coins, or jewelry.
Also called shadow box frame.

Origin of shadow box

First recorded in 1905–10

British Dictionary definitions for shadow-box

shadow-box

verb (intr)

boxing to practise blows and footwork against an imaginary opponent
to act or speak unconvincingly, without saying what one means, etc he's just shadow-boxing

Derived forms of shadow-box

shadow-boxing, noun