hotbox

American  

[hot-boks] / ˈhɒtˌbɒks /

Or hot box

noun

Railroads.

1. a journal box overheated by excessive friction of an axle as a result of inadequate lubrication or the presence of foreign matter.

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Etymology

Origin of hotbox

First recorded in 1835–45; hot + box ¹

Example Sentences

The bipartisan Senate measure would strengthen rail car and railway detector inspection requirements such as mandating that a hotbox detector scan trains carrying hazardous materials every 10 miles.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2023

Those sensors, known as hotbox detectors, use infrared scans to measure temperature.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2023

“Why in the world would they want to call him a liar and try to hotbox him and embarrass him?”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2021

That Tesfaye would leave behind his introverted, hotbox R&B for arena-sized, Max Martin-assisted pop for 2015’s Beauty Behind the Madness also referenced Swift’s ambitious pop glow-up in the preceding years.

From The Guardian • Nov. 29, 2019

A hot-box," began the Compound, picking and choosing her words as though they were coal, "a hotbox is the penalty exacted from inexperience by haste.

From The Day's Work - Volume 1 by Kipling, Rudyard