blue box

English

Noun

blue box (plural blue boxes)

1. (chiefly British and Canada) A blue container used for the collection of household waste (such as tin cans and newspapers) for recycling by a municipal authority.
2. An electronic device used to bypass payment on a tone pulse telephone system.

   Coordinate term: violet box

3. (informal, US, meteorology) A "tornado watch" notification category.

   See also: severe thunderstorm watch

Hypernyms

• box

Coordinate terms

(colored boxes, especially electronic ones):

• beige box
• black box
• blue box
• brown box
• gray box
• green box
• orange box
• purple box
• red box
• silver box
• white box
• yellow box

 

References

• blue box on Wikipedia.Wikipedia