box top

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noun
  1. the top of a box; the upper portion of a boxed product, which may contain the expiration date, product identification, proof of purchase, or special voucher.

Origin of box top

1
1935–40

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How to use box top in a sentence

  • Even from where he stood, Kip Burland could hear the rattle of the milk box top.

  • Now find a thin, flat piece of board—a box top or a shingle will do—and nail it like a table top on to the top of the post.

    The Silent Readers | William D. Lewis
  • Jed took a nail from the half dozen held between his lips and applied its point to the box top.

    Shavings | Joseph C. Lincoln
  • “Look out for ‘emence numbers of Deer on the banks,’ now,” sung out John, who had the Journal on a box top near by.

  • He crawled around on his box top and then managed to clamber up on the slanting board, one edge of which rested on the box.