memory box

noun

A box containing items that serve as reminders, used for example in therapy for dementia, or as a memorial to a deceased infant.

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Meanings

nounmemory box (plural memory boxes)

plural memory boxes

  1. A box containing items that serve as reminders, used for example in therapy for dementia, or as a memorial to a deceased infant.

    Watch the elderly, even the escapists, as they nurse nostalgia: the wonder as they open memory boxes or old letters or family albums […]

    2006, F. David Martin, Facing Death: Theme and Variations, page 43
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APA

memory box. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/memory%20box

MLA

“memory box.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/memory%20box. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “memory box,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/memory%20box.

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