workbox

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English

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Etymology

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From work +‎ box.

Noun

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workbox (plural workboxes)

  1. A toolbox; a container for the items needed to carry out a task.
    The sewing workbox held fabric, needles, notions, patterns, and other supplies.
  2. (figurative) A set of skills and approaches.
    • 2009, Stephen Bowkett, Countdown to Creative Writing:
      As with an understanding of the basic elements, knowing something of how sub-elements work gives insight into how stories generally are put together, thus adding another analytical tool to the pupils's [sic] mental workbox.

Hypernyms

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  • (container for tools): box

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