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Noun: sweatbox  'swet,bóks
  1. Small or narrow cell
    "The prisoner was confined to a sweatbox as punishment"
     
  2. A device that causes tobacco leaves, fruit or hides to sweat
    "The tobacco farmer used a sweatbox to cure the freshly harvested leaves"

Derived forms: sweatboxes

Type of: cell, device, jail cell, peter [Austral, NZ, informal], prison cell

Encyclopedia: Sweatbox