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Meaning of live box | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈlaɪvˌbɒks/

Definitions

A box or pen suspended in water to keep aquatic animals alive.

Examples

“A drop of water and sediment oozes out; and when the live-box cover is put on, this drop is flattened out, and the box is set upon the stage of the microscope to be searched with a low power.”
“The 3 individuals which escaped joined others of their species which had been for some days living apparently unmolested against the flat bottom and sides of a large, floating live-box.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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