lunchbox

See also: lunch box and lunch-box

English

Alternative forms

• lunch box, lunch-box

Etymology

From lunch +‎ box.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʌntʃˌbɒks/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: lunch‧box

Noun

lunchbox (plural lunchboxes)

1. A container for transporting meals, especially lunch.

   Hyponyms: bento box, lunch bucket, lunch pail

2. (slang, UK) The male genitals when enclosed in clothing.

   Synonyms: (US) basket, packet, package

   • 2015, Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Shirley Anne Tate, Creolizing Europe: Legacies and Transformations, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 109:

     The campaign tagline, 'I've got a tiny packet', is written across [Linford] Christie's trademark impressively muscled upper body. 'Tiny packet' makes us remember that Linford is known for his 'lunchbox' from his heyday as a sprinter because of the bulge apparent in his lycra shorts. His lunchbox and now his tiny packet allude to the diminishing of black men to just their genitals […]

4. (especially Asia) A lunch packaged in a disposable box to be taken away to eat.

   Synonym: box lunch

5. (computing, slang) A luggable; an early laptop computer, usually a unit with a handle and a fold-out keyboard.
   • 1988 October 11, PC Mag, volume 7, number 17, 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 portable transmitter sometimes used in phreaking.
7. A cocktail made with beer, orange juice, and almond liqueur.

Derived terms

• lunchbox Democrat

Translations

container for transporting meals

• Afrikaans: kosblik
• Catalan: carmanyola (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 飯盒／饭盒 (zh) (fànhé)

• Dutch: broodtrommel (nl), broodtrommeltje (nl) n
• Esperanto: lunĉujo, manĝoskatolo
• Finnish: lounasrasia, eväsrasia
• French: panier repas
• German: Brotzeitdose f, Brotdose (de) f
• Greek: φαγητοδοχείο n (fagitodocheío)
• Hungarian: uzsonnás doboz
• Icelandic: nestisbox (is) n
• Japanese: 弁当箱 (ja) (bentōbako), お弁当箱 (obentōbako)
• Korean: 도시락 (ko) (dosirak) (South Korea), 벤토 (bento) (South Korea, archaic), 곽밥 (ko) (gwakbap) (North Korea), 찬합 (ko) (chanhap)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: matboks (no) m

  Nynorsk: matboks m

• Portuguese: lancheira (pt) f, merendeira (pt) f, marmita (pt) f
• Russian: тормозо́к (ru) m (tormozók), ланчбо́кс m (lančbóks), ланч-бо́кс m (lanč-bóks), коро́бка для за́втраков f (koróbka dlja závtrakov)
• Spanish: fiambrera (es) f, tartera (es) f, portaviandas m (lunch pail), lonchera (es) f, portacomidas m (lunch pail)
• Swedish: matlåda (sv) c, lunchlåda (sv) c
• Tagalog: baunan
• Thai: ข้าวกล่อง
• Vietnamese: hộp cơm
• Welsh: tun bwyd m (NW), bocs bwyd m (South)

male genitals enclosed in clothing

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 包 (zh)

• German: Gehänge (de) n
• Italian: pacco (it) m
• Korean: 도시락 (ko) (dosirak)
• Spanish: paquete (es) m

Anagrams

• box lunch