Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An axle or journal box, as on a railway car, that has become overheated by excessive friction.
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- noun A container maintained at elevated temperatures in order to heat or cook its contents.
- noun engineering An overheated
shaft bearing . - verb To
smoke marijuana in a small confined area, such as the inside of acar , until it is full of smoke, thereby purportedly intensifying the drug's effects. - verb To put out a
cigarette just before entering avehicle , then expel smoke in the vehicle.
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- noun a journal bearing (as of a railroad car) that has overheated
Etymologies
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Examples
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The one problem they reported was keeping the temperature from fluctuating: the grill’s hotbox is metal, and the afternoon breezes tend to kick off the ocean, meaning they’re cold.
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It was a "hotbox" in the summer and around 35 degrees in the winter.
Belvins, John C. 1977
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Since Becquerel used selenium to experiment with photovoltaics in 1836, and Horace de Saussure captured solar heat in his homemade "hotbox" in 1767, the two disciplines of using solar energy to produce either electricity or hot water have remained separate.
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"A hot-box," began the Compound, picking and choosing her words as though they were coal, "a hotbox is the penalty exacted from inexperience by haste.
The Day's Work - Volume 1 Rudyard Kipling 1900
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The only problem with a solar powered "hotbox" (sounds ...
The Sietch Blog 2010
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You're all Yo, broheem, I can't wait to hotbox our Amsterdam hotel room and then watch Een Koninkrijk voor een Huis.
HUFFPOST HILL - CBO Shocker: American Jobs Act *Won't* Ruthlessly Exterminate Small Woodland Creatures Eliot Nelson 2011
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Mr. Mcgoo needs to spend some more time in his hanoi hotbox and rember just how important coming home is if you ask me, i mean he of all people should know what its like ..
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I'm intending to try some hotbox cooking although mostly using ingredients where the time at temperature isn't a safety issue.
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He moved on and invented the Wolseley hotbox, the first shearing machine.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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No, I totally don't wanna hotbox his van, plus I'm driving, but he's effing weird and I like that and so I join him outside for a stroll in the lilac-scented evening air.
blog: May 2009 2009
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