shoebox
noun
shoe·box
ˈshü-ˌbäks 
variants
or less commonly shoe box
1
: a box that shoes are sold in
a shoebox full of old photographs
2
: 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 nounMichael Kimmelmana shoebox apartment
Since commercial real estate was cheaper, art galleries and Off Off Off Broadway theaters could spring up in shoebox storefronts.—James Wolcott
James WolcottExamples of shoebox in a Sentence
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Detectives then arranged for another $30,000 exchange and told Song the money would be placed in a shoebox, officials said.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2025
FedEx may be delivering even more rainbow basketballs shoved into shoeboxes thanks to an accommodative Fed.
—Brett Owens, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
The website recommends this could be a shoebox or even a paper bag with ventilation holes.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 30 July 2024
The result, Delilah, consisted of three small units, each roughly the size of a shoebox.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025
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Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2025
FedEx may be delivering even more rainbow basketballs shoved into shoeboxes thanks to an accommodative Fed.
—Brett Owens, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
The website recommends this could be a shoebox or even a paper bag with ventilation holes.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 30 July 2024
The result, Delilah, consisted of three small units, each roughly the size of a shoebox.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Shoebox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoebox. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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