lunchbox

• lunch box, lunch-box

lunch +‎ box

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʌntʃˌbɒks/

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• Hyphenation: lunch‧box

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 […]

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

5. (slang) A simple portable transmitter sometimes used in phreaking.
6. A cocktail made with beer, orange juice, and almond liqueur.

• lunchbox Democrat

• box lunch