shoebox
noun
shoe·box
ˈshü-ˌbäks 
variants
or less commonly shoe box
1
: a box that shoes are sold in
a shoebox full of old photographs
2
: a small space and especially a small living space
The loft, almost an hour from her house by tube, is a shoebox with 18-foot ceilings, white and blue, with odds and ends of mismatched furniture …—
Michael Kimmelman
—often used before another nounMichael Kimmelmana shoebox apartment
Since commercial real estate was cheaper, art galleries and Off Off Off Broadway theaters could spring up in shoebox storefronts.—James Wolcott
James WolcottExamples of shoebox in a Sentence
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When placed strategically, an oversized floor mirror can open up a shoebox apartment and create the illusion of taller ceilings.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2025
The day began slowly with a pancake breakfast followed by a 5K run and a shoebox parade, where kids show off small-scale parade floats.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Mar. 2025
That woman tuned out to be Barba, who police discovered in a car nearby an apartment where the drugs were meant to be stashed with a shoebox of fentanyl on the front passenger floor.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
The equivalent in London would be a shoebox with half the amenities.
—Danielle Pointdujour, Essence, 20 Mar. 2025
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Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2025
The day began slowly with a pancake breakfast followed by a 5K run and a shoebox parade, where kids show off small-scale parade floats.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Mar. 2025
That woman tuned out to be Barba, who police discovered in a car nearby an apartment where the drugs were meant to be stashed with a shoebox of fentanyl on the front passenger floor.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
The equivalent in London would be a shoebox with half the amenities.
—Danielle Pointdujour, Essence, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Shoebox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoebox. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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