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sweatbox

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Noun

  1. Any box or boxlike structure used to induce sweating, such as of hides or tobacco
  2. A jail cell.
  3. A compartment in a police van to hold a prisoner being transported.
  4. A small overheated cell or room used for solitary confinement or torture.
  5. A small nightclub packed to capacity where people get hot and sweaty.
  6. The room where a scene is reviewed.
  7. The review process that takes place in a sweat box.

Verb

  1. To place (a person) in a jail cell or a police van compartment.
  2. To review (work) in the designated room for such reviews.

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