shoebox

See also: shoe box

English

From shoe +‎ box.

shoebox (plural shoeboxes)

The box in which shoes are sold.
In one shoebox he had a whole collection of seeds he had saved from last year.
(derogatory) A small, cramped residence or similar space.
- 2010, Mick Herron, Slow Horses, page 249:
  She wondered how come Ho had a garden when everyone she knew lived in shoeboxes.

box in which shoes are sold