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How to pronounce sweatbox in English?

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Type Words
Type of device
Type Words
Type of cell, jail cell, prison cell

Examples of sweatbox

sweatbox
They put me in a tiny sweatbox which had flaps over the windows so I couldn't see out.
From the guardian.co.uk
And then they dismissed the appeal, I was back in a sweatbox and taken back to Wakefield.
From the guardian.co.uk
I'd also argue with claiming Peyote as a venue to see bands rather than a sweatbox club.
From the guardian.co.uk
Luckily a sweatbox is exactly what we got at the Fleece in Bristol the following night.
From the guardian.co.uk
More than 25 years ago in an Arco I sweatbox down the street.
From the sacbee.com
So his friends push themselves in that sweatbox of a room.
From the jsonline.com
Inside the honest club sweatbox where Johnson has aptly chosen to start his last go-round, there's barely room to move.
From the independent.co.uk
It's a real shame, because this fierce incarnation of St Vincent deserves a sweatbox, not a glass exhibit case.
From the guardian.co.uk
First, it cut the stultifying heat in the tiny room, an art gallery by day and a terrific sweatbox of a performance space by night.
From the nytimes.com
More examples
  • Small or narrow cell
  • A device that causes tobacco leaves or fruit or hides to sweat
  • Sweatbox is the third live spoken word album by Henry Rollins, released in 1989 on Quarterstick Records, and later reissued on 2.13.61 Records in 2005. It was recorded at various tour dates in 1987-1988 in Washington DC, Los Angeles, CA, Madison, WI, Denver, CO, and Budapest, Hungary.
  • The Emperor's New Groove is a 2000 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures through Buena Vista Distribution on December 15, 2000. It is the 40th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics. ...
  • Any box or boxlike structure used to induce sweating, such as of hides or tobacco; A prison cell; A small nightclub packed to capacity where people get hot and sweaty
  • A patch of fabric on the lower torso of some Nike college football jerseys. So named because it discolors at a different rate than the surrounding fabric when the player sweats.
  • (2002) (documentary)