pencil case

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   a box for holding pencils

   Synonymspencil box

   Broaderbox

Questions about pencil case

What does pencil case mean?

pencil case means "a box for holding pencils".

What is another word for pencil case?

Close synonyms include pencil box. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pencil case a common word?

pencil case 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.