outlet box

1. 1.

   (electricity) receptacle consisting of the metal box designed for connections to a wiring system

   Broaderreceptacle

   electricity

Questions about outlet box

What does outlet box mean?

outlet box means "(electricity) receptacle consisting of the metal box designed for connections to a wiring system".

Is outlet box a common word?

outlet box is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.