red box (English, noun)
expansion: red box (plural red boxes)
Senses:
glosses: A phreaking device that generates tones to simulate the insertion of coins into a payphone, thus enabling the user to make illegitimate free calls.
topics: government
politics
glosses: A secure briefcase-like box used by ministers in the British government to carry their documents.
tags: UK
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A safe located at a nuclear installation containing launch codes.
tags: US
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A "tornado watch" notification, indicating that conditions might lead to a tornado though none has yet been sighted.
tags: US
informal
Forms:
form: red boxes
tags: plural