pencil box

pen·cil box

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [pen-suh l boks]
- /ˈpɛn səl bɒks/
- /ˈpensl bɒks/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pen-suh l boks]
- /ˈpɛn səl bɒks/

Definitions of pencil box words

noun pencil box a shallow covered box, usually of pasteboard, for holding pencils and crayons: used by children as an item of school equipment. 1
noun pencil box a box for holding pencils, pens, rubbers, etc 0

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Origin of pencil box

First appearance:

before 1905

One of the 15% newest English words

First recorded in 1905-10

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Parts of speech for Pencil box

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Pencil box

pencil box popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 62% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

pencil box usage trend in Literature

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