cakebox

English

Etymology

From cake +‎ box.

Noun

cakebox (plural cakeboxes)

1. A box for keeping cake.
   • 1961, John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent:

     A cardboard cakebox on the cold counter would be the swap bag and when next seen it would have a cake in it.

2. A cylindrical container for recordable compact discs.
   • 2013, Scott Mueller, Upgrading and Repairing PCs, page 539:

     The blank discs also cost about $100 each—compared to less than 3 cents each in bulk cakebox form.