shoebox

What does shoebox mean?

shoebox means "a structure resembling a shoebox (as a rectangular building or a cramped room or compartment)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shoebox?

shoebox has 2 syllables: shoe-box. The stress falls on "shoe". In IPA it is /ˈʃoʊbɑks/.

Is shoebox a common word?

shoebox is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for shoebox come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.