Talk:woodbox

RFV discussion: April–July 2015

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woodbox

I understand this to be a box for holding wood, e.g. kept beside a hearth for replenishing the fire. I am disputing the sense "a box made of wood". Equinox ◑ 17:59, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

• Yeah, I agree. A box made of wood is a wooden box, although a woodbox for firewood could be made of wood also. Donnanz (talk) 09:14, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
  • As much as I agree with you, I hear a lot fewer people using the "-en" adjectival suffix today, so it may well be an actually fairly-attested phrase, unfortunately. Tharthan (talk) 01:10, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

The question is whether it's written as one word, "wood box". The way people speak isn't the issue (compare "gold standard", which isn't "golden" but has a space in writing). Equinox ◑ 01:15, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

RFV-failed. - -sche (discuss) 02:02, 18 July 2015 (UTC)