Lunch box or lunchbox?
lunch box is a noun meaning “Alternative form of lunchbox”; lunchbox is a noun meaning “A container for transporting meals, especially lunch”. lunch box is written as two words and lunchbox as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between lunch box and lunchbox?
| lunch box | lunchbox | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun |
| Meaning | Alternative form of lunchbox | A container for transporting meals, especially lunch A lunch packaged in a disposable box to be taken away to eat |
| Example | none recorded | Jack was carrying his lunchbox with him |
| Forms | lunch-boxes | lunchboxes |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /ˈlʌntʃˌbɒks/ |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | about once in every 2 million words |
Sources: lunch box and lunchbox in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of lunch box and lunchbox
lunch box
- 1
Alternative form of lunchbox
- 2
Alternative form of lunchbox
lunchbox
- 1
A container for transporting meals, especially lunch
- 2
UKslangThe penis when enclosed in clothing
- 3
A lunch packaged in a disposable box to be taken away to eat
Jack was carrying his lunchbox with him
- 4
slangA luggable; an early laptop computer, usually a unit with a handle and a fold-out keyboard
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slangA simple portable transmitter sometimes used in phreaking
- 6
A cocktail made with beer, orange juice, and almond liqueur
- 7
slangA person seen as weak and disposable who could easily be sacrificed without much guilt or afterthought
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, lunch box or lunchbox?
lunch box is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; lunchbox about once in every 2 million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).