Added 10 October 2026 shoebox noun Categories: ThingsRare Words noun ! Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about shoebox at Wordnik → Where our words come from → The box in which shoes are sold. In one shoebox he had a whole collection of seeds he had saved from last year. A small, cramped residence or similar space. Origin From shoe + box. From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA) Related Words: boxcartonglovenightclubmailboxclubdiscopandorashowbox Back to today's word