shoebox

• Substantiv, das einen länglichen rechteckigen Behälter bezeichnet, meist aus Pappe, zur Aufbewahrung eines Paares Schuhe, oder analog jede Struktur, die einer solchen Schachtel ähnelt, etwa ein rechteckiges Gebäude oder ein enges Zimmer.

A noun referring to an oblong rectangular container, typically made of cardboard, designed to hold a pair of shoes, or by extension, any structure resembling such a box, such as a rectangular building or a cramped room.

1. Container for shoesA1formal

   An oblong rectangular box, typically made of cardboard, designed to hold a pair of shoes.

   Schuhkarton

   • She stored her old photos in a shoebox under the bed.
   • The new sneakers came in a sturdy shoebox.
   • He recycled the shoebox after buying the shoes.

2. Small or cramped spaceB2informal

   A structure or room that is very small, cramped, or rectangular, resembling a shoebox in shape or size.

   Enges Behältnis

   • They lived in a tiny shoebox of an apartment in the city.
   • The office was a shoebox with barely enough room for a desk.
   • The dorm room felt like a shoebox with its narrow walls.

   Synonymecellclosetcubbyholecubiclehole