press box

press box
noun
box reserved for reporters (as at a sports event)
• Topics: ↑sport, ↑athletics
• Hypernyms: ↑box

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noun
: a space reserved for reporters (as at a game)

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a press section, esp. at a sports event.
[1885-90, Amer.]

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press box noun
A structure or area set aside for the use of reporters at sports, shows, etc
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Main Entry: ↑press

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press box UK US noun [countable] [singular press box plural press boxes]
an enclosed area for journalists where they can watch an event and report on it
Thesaurus: journalism and relating to journalismhyponym

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press box,
U.S. an enclosed space in a sports arena, usually high above the playing field, set aside for reporters: »

Women are barred from e press box in all major-league baseball parks, and from many a football press box as well (Newsweek).

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n. an area reserved for journalists at a sports event

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noun, pl ⋯ boxes [count]
: a special area or section of seats where reporters sit at a sports event

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ˈpress box [press box press boxes] noun
a special area or a room at a sports ground where sports journalists sit

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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