Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A box made of some hard, polished wood, and with a glass front, in which a framed easel painting is placed. The box protects both the frame and the pigment from injury by contact or by furnace or illuminating gas, while it does not interfere with a free exhibition of the picture.
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- noun A
diorama - verb boxing, martial arts To practice moves without an actual opponent, often in front of a mirror.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Reframe and restore old photos; create scrapbooks and shadow-box displays using old letters, tickets, newspaper clippings—anything that helps retell your family's story.
Sole Survivors: Adult Orphans Preserve, Adapt Traditions Melinda Beck 2011
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The one in the gilded shadow-box frame on the wall is of her parents; the other two atop the Baldwin piano, the one Helen doesn't play, are of her brothers and their brides.
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And we instantly went into our shadow-box shuffle, bobbing and weaving and feinting and smacking each other with soft, open hands.
Dancing with the Devil Louis Diaz 2010
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And we instantly went into our shadow-box shuffle, bobbing and weaving and feinting and smacking each other with soft, open hands.
Dancing with the Devil Louis Diaz 2010
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Build what is essentially a reverse shadow-box frame where the board from the board game is the front of the frame and the back of the frame is storage for the pieces and game accessories.
Store Your Board Games By Displaying Them As Art | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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The one in the gilded shadow-box frame on the wall is of her parents; the other two atop the Baldwin piano, the one Helen doesn't play, are of her brothers and their brides.
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And we instantly went into our shadow-box shuffle, bobbing and weaving and feinting and smacking each other with soft, open hands.
Dancing with the Devil Louis Diaz 2010
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And I'm sure she wondered what in the world I was doing with them but I was making sure John had -- I made a little box for him, shadow-box after he ran for the Senate with different things in it -- and one of the things I put in it was the extra wedding ring.
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And I'm sure she wondered what in the world I was doing with them but I was making sure John had -- I made a little box for him, shadow-box after he ran for the Senate with different things in it -- and one of the things I put in it was the extra wedding ring.
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In order to assemble Joseph Cornell's Dreams (Exact Change), Catherine Corman plumbed the letters and diaries of the shadow-box genius.
Hot Type Schappell, Elissa 2007
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