blue box

English

Noun

blue box (plural blue boxes)

  1. (chiefly British and Canada) A blue container used for the collection of household waste (such as tin cans and newspapers) for recycling by a municipal authority.
  2. An electronic device used to bypass payment on a tone pulse telephone system.
    Coordinate term: violet box
  3. (informal, US, meteorology) A "tornado watch" notification category.
    See also: severe thunderstorm watch

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

(colored boxes, especially electronic ones):

References
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.