puzzle box

English

Noun

puzzle box (plural puzzle boxes)

1. A box that cannot be opened by the usual obvious means, and therefore challenges a person to find the correct way to open it.
2. A cage that can be opened from the inside by means of levers, latches, etc., used to test the learning behaviour of animals.

Translations

a box that cannot be opened by the usual obvious means, and therefore challenges a person to find the correct way to open it

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 秘密盒 (mìmì xiāng), 神祕寶盒／神秘宝盒 (shénmì bǎohé), 機關盒／机关盒 (jīguān hé)

• French: boîte à secret (fr) f
• German: Himitsu Bako
• Hungarian: titokdoboz, kirakós doboz, trükkös doboz
• Japanese: 秘密箱 (himitsu-bako)
• Portuguese: caixa-segredo
• Russian: шкатулка с секретом (škatulka s sekretom)

a cage that can be opened from the inside by means of levers, latches, etc., used to test the learning behaviour of animals

• Hungarian: problémaketrec, problémadoboz