lunchbox

See also: lunch box

English

Alternative forms

• lunch box

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lunch‧box

Audio (US)

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Etymology

lunch +‎ box

Noun

lunchbox (plural lunchboxes)

1. A container for transporting meals, especially lunch.
2. (slang) A person or object constantly at one's side (in the manner of a lunchbox).
3. (British slang) The male genitals when enclosed in clothing.
4. (Asia) A to-go lunch packaged in a disposable box.
5. (computing, slang) A luggable; an early laptop computer, usually a unit with a handle and a fold-out keyboard.
   • 1988, PC Mag (volume 7, number 17, 11 October 1988, page 93)

     You'll find a mix among clamshell laptops for strong laps, lunchboxes, and sewing-machine configurations; the latter two designs typically have detachable keyboards.

   • 2004, Scott Mueller, Upgrading and Repairing Laptops (page 20)

     The performance difference between desktops and lunchboxes was practically nil.

6. (slang) A simple transmitter used in phreaking.

Synonyms

• (container for transporting meals): lunch pail (US), bento box
• (person or thing at one's side): sidekick
• (male genitals enclosed in clothing): basket (US), packet, package

Translations

container for transporting meals

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 飯盒 (zh), 饭盒 (zh) (fànhé)

• Dutch: broodtrommel (nl)
• French: panier repas
• German: Brotzeitdose f, Brotdose f
• Greek: φαγητοδοχείο n (fagitodocheío)
• Icelandic: nestisbox (is) n

• Japanese: 弁当箱 (ja) (bentōbako), お弁当箱 (obentōbako)
• Korean: 도시락 (ko) (dosirak)
• Portuguese: lancheira (pt) f, merendeira (pt) f
• Russian: ланчбо́кс m (lančbóks), ланч-бо́кс m (lanč-bóks), коро́бка для за́втраков f (koróbka dlja závtrakov)
• Swedish: matlåda (sv) c, lunchlåda c
• Vietnamese: hộp cơm

person or thing at one's side

male genitals enclosed in clothing

• German: Gehänge (de) n
• Italian: pacco (it) m

• Spanish: paquete (es) m