How to pronounce saltbox
American English pronunciation
SAWLT-boks
- IPA
- /ˈsɔltˌbɑks/
- Syllables
- SAWLT · boks (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What saltbox means
A house two stories tall in front, with a long back roof
In a sentence: Our cousins live in an old saltbox whose long back roof nearly touches the snowbanks.
Where it comes from: It is named after a kind of box once used for keeping salt in the kitchen, which had a similar shape.
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