shadowbox
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From shadow + box (“cuboid container”).
Compound parts: shadow
box
Inflected forms:
form: shadowboxes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: shadow-box
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: shadow box
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: shadowboxes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: shadowboxing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: shadowboxed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: shadowboxed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: shadow-box
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: shadow box
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A diorama or shallow display case, usually with a glass front.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
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.
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.
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.
gloss: A rectangular display area that is set off with a frame or drop shadow.
pos: noun
examples: This book will show you how to make fabulous origami shadowbox frames to display your art in a beautiful and original way!
Display the movie with a shadowbox effect by clicking the Aspect Ratio button.of mine Luisa Ramirez.
This will eventually be framed in a shadowbox, I imagine.
gloss: A box with a light inside used for reading X-ray images.
pos: noun
examples: Q. All right. Would they be of any significance in showing the jury through a shadowbox? A. I think they helped confirm the diagnosis.
Q. Doctor, insofar as the condition of her back is concerned, would you be good enough to put the shadowbox up again, please?
To what extent is the x-ray shadowbox used in the medical profession?
gloss: A shade that surrounds a lit display or screen to make it easier to read in bright environments.
pos: noun
examples: 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 .
A shadowbox extending 270 ° around the diode showed that the beam was reasonably uniform.
gloss: To display in a shadowbox.
pos: verb
examples: This is also the time to decide which photos will be shadowboxed, which ones will be popped up, and which will lie flat on the paper.
The trailer walls were covered with collectable plates, framed fan art, and shadowboxed phasers and tricorders.
Awesome is shadowboxed images that float above the site and make your image pop off the screen.
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