shoebox

• Substantivo que designa uma caixa retangular e alongada, geralmente de papelão, destinada a guardar um par de sapatos; por analogia, qualquer estrutura que lembre essa caixa, como um prédio retangular ou um cômodo muito apertado.

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.

   Caixa de sapato

   • 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.

   Espaço apertado

   • 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.

   Sinônimoscellclosetcubbyholecubiclehole