Noun: sweatbox 'swet,bóks
- Small or narrow cell
"The prisoner was confined to a sweatbox as punishment"
- 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