shadowbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shadowboxes
form: shadow-box
form: shadow box
Etymology: From shadow + box (“cuboid container”).
Senses: examples: text: Simply constructed of wood, a shadowbox sign frame 6 inches deep, 11 inches wide and 70 inches long is suspended over the stairway of the Scott Sotre, 124 Fifth Avenue, Jamestown, N.D.
ref: 1936 May, “Shadowbox Tops Stairs”, in Chain Store Age, volume 12:
text: To build a shadowbox into the normal sort of hollow-core wall, we first have to make darned sure where we want the thing, for once you start making a shadowbox, there's no going back unless you panel over the whole area with a new surface.
ref: 1972, Susanne Stevenson, The Art of Making Houses Liveable, page 174:
text: If you are going to make shadowboxes your hobby, your first consideration must be the room in which you want to place the shadowbox, not the room you want to build inside the shadowbox.
ref: 1980, Robert H. Schleicher, Dollhouses & Dioramas, page 102:
text: He put the shadowbox in Daddy's hands . When my father opened his eyes and recognized a display case neatly arranged with new or nearly new specimens of all of his missing World War II medals , badges , ribbons , and insignia, my father literally leapt from his seat with joy.
ref: 2000, Katherine Scott Sturdevant, Bringing Your Family History to Life Through Social History, page 80:
glosses: A diorama or shallow display case, usually with a glass front.
examples: text: This book will show you how to make fabulous origami shadowbox frames to display your art in a beautiful and original way!
ref: 2013, Yuri Shumakov, Katrin Shumakov, Origami Shadowbox Frames: Original Approach to Display Your Art:
text: Display the movie with a shadowbox effect by clicking the Aspect Ratio button.of mine Luisa Ramirez.
ref: 2015, Nancy C. Muir, Computers For Seniors For Dummies, page 294:
text: This will eventually be framed in a shadowbox, I imagine.
ref: 2017, Xiomara Roma, The Trudy Silverheels Scrapbook, page 88:
glosses: A rectangular display area that is set off with a frame or drop shadow.
examples: text: Q. All right. Would they be of any significance in showing the jury through a shadowbox? A. I think they helped confirm the diagnosis.
ref: 1962, Records and Briefs New York State Appellate Division, page 475:
text: Q. Doctor, insofar as the condition of her back is concerned, would you be good enough to put the shadowbox up again, please?
ref: 1971, Personal Injury Annual, page 436:
text: To what extent is the x-ray shadowbox used in the medical profession?
ref: 2003, Irving Goldstein, Fred Lane, Goldstein Trial Technique - Volume 2, page 12-46:
glosses: A box with a light inside used for reading X-ray images.
examples: text: In cases where it is difficult or impossible to reduce room illumination to this value, viewing of the projected image may be improved by providing the screen with a light shield, commonly known as a shadowbox .
ref: 1947, The Architects Manual of Engineered Sound Systems, page 87:
text: A shadowbox extending 270 ° around the diode showed that the beam was reasonably uniform.
ref: 1982, IEEE Conference Record--abstracts, page 80:
glosses: A shade that surrounds a lit display or screen to make it easier to read in bright environments.