cakebox
English
Etymology
cake + box
Noun
cakebox (plural cakeboxes)
- 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.
- 1961, John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent
- 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.
- 2013, Scott Mueller, Upgrading and Repairing PCs (page 539)