hotbox
hotbox Lexical Profile
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• noun
A small, unventilated enclosed space, such as a car or closet, that has been intentionally filled with marijuana smoke (slang).
"When they opened the car door, a thick cloud of smoke billowed out of the makeshift hotbox."
An axle bearing on a railway vehicle that has overheated due to excessive friction or inadequate lubrication.
"The freight train had to make an emergency stop after trackside sensors detected a dangerous hotbox on one of the rear cars."
A small, sweltering cell or enclosure used as a form of solitary confinement or punishment.
"In old prison dramas, unruly inmates were often threatened with days in the hotbox."
• verb
To smoke marijuana inside a small, sealed enclosure such as a car or bathroom so that the exhaled smoke accumulates (slang).
"The teenagers were caught trying to hotbox the parked sedan with all the windows rolled up."