sweatbox
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- Any box or boxlike structure used to induce sweating, such as of hides or tobacco
- A jail cell.
- A compartment in a police van to hold a prisoner being transported.
- A small overheated cell or room used for solitary confinement or torture.
- A small nightclub packed to capacity where people get hot and sweaty.
- The room where a scene is reviewed.
- The review process that takes place in a sweat box.
Verb
- To place (a person) in a jail cell or a police van compartment.
- To review (work) in the designated room for such reviews.
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