sweatbox

Other forms: sweatboxes

Definitions of sweatbox
  1. noun
    a device that causes tobacco leaves or fruit or hides to sweat
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    type of:
    device
    an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
  2. noun
    small or narrow cell
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    type of:
    cell, jail cell, prison cell
    a room where a prisoner is kept
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