saltbox

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A box for keeping salt in.
2. noun A similar box formerly used as a percussion instrument in burlesque music.
3. noun A distinctively shaped wooden-frame house with two stories at the front and one behind, characteristic of New England.
4. noun A roof where one side slopes farther down than the other.
5. noun The cell in Newgate prison for a prisoner condemned to death.

Similar words

salt box salthouse salt-cellar salt cellar saltcellar cellar soapbox stashbox saltfoot caboose

Often followed by

house houses with on in and style design roof

Word family

saltboxes