sweatbox
IPA: swˈɛtbɑks
noun
- Any box or boxlike structure used to induce sweating, such as of hides or tobacco
- (US, slang) A jail cell.
- (UK, slang) A compartment in a police van to hold a prisoner being transported.
- A small overheated cell or room used for solitary confinement or torture.
- (slang) A small nightclub packed to capacity where people get hot and sweaty.
- (animation) The room where a scene is reviewed.
- (animation) The review process that takes place in a sweat box.
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Examples of "sweatbox" in Sentences
- Sweatbox was a low budget, high ambition project.
- The previous Sweatbox is missing one track off the original LP.
- At 10pm they finally get into the sweatbox and continue to drink heavily.