English Explanatory Dictionary

blue box

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A blue container used for the collection of household waste (such as tin cans and newspapers) for recycling by a municipal authority.
  2. An electronic device used to bypass payment on a tone pulse telephone system.
  3. A "tornado watch" notification category.
  4. Ellipsis of USPS blue box.
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blue, box.

Word forms

blue box blue boxes
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