hatbox
noun
hatbox is a noun meaning “A piece of luggage for a hat; a case or box for a hat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-A-T-B-O-X, and it appears about once in every 23 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of hatbox is hatboxes.
What does hatbox mean?
noun
- 1
A piece of luggage for a hat; a case or box for a hat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of hatbox
- hatboxes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hatbox?
Hatbox appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Hatbox in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a piece of luggage, case, or box for a hat:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Hutschachtel |
| Spanish | sombrerera |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hatbox come from?
From hat + box.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).