spaghetti box

noun

A kind of tall cardboard box in which cassette tapes were originally packaged for retail display to discourage theft.

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Meanings

nounspaghetti box (plural spaghetti boxes)

plural spaghetti boxes

  1. historicalA kind of tall cardboard box in which cassette tapes were originally packaged for retail display to discourage theft.

Origin

From the resemblance to the boxes in which spaghetti is sold.

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APA

spaghetti box. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spaghetti%20box

MLA

“spaghetti box.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spaghetti%20box. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spaghetti box,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spaghetti%20box.

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