🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

boîte de conservation

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bwat də kɔ̃.sɛʁ.va.sjɔ̃

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Food storage box/ˈfuːd ˈstɔːr.ɪdʒ bɒks/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #8500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Mettez les restes dans une boîte de conservation."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A container specifically designed to hold, protect, and preserve food items, typically equipped with a tight-fitting lid.

    "She packed leftover pasta into a food storage box and placed it in the refrigerator."
  2. 2

    A plastic or glass receptacle used for organizing pantry supplies or transporting meals.

    "He brought his lunch to work in a compartmentalized food storage box."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a compound construction combining 'food' (from Old English 'fōda', ultimately from Proto-Germanic), 'storage' (from Old French 'estorage' and the verb 'store'), and 'box' (from Old English 'box', ultimately from Late Latin 'buxis'). It emerged in modern industrial terminology with the rise of manufactured domestic containers used for preserving and organizing edible goods.

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