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saltbox — [sôlt′bäks΄] n. 1. a box for salt, with a sloping lid ☆ 2. a house, as in colonial New England, shaped somewhat like this, having two stories in front and one at the rear, and a gable roof with a much longer slope at the rear * * * salt·box… … Universalium
saltbox — receptacle for keeping salt for domestic use, 1610s, from SALT (Cf. salt) (n.) + BOX (Cf. box) (n.). As a type of frame house, 1876, so called from resemblance of shape … Etymology dictionary
saltbox — [sôlt′bäks΄] n. 1. a box for salt, with a sloping lid ☆ 2. a house, as in colonial New England, shaped somewhat like this, having two stories in front and one at the rear, and a gable roof with a much longer slope at the rear … English World dictionary
Saltbox — A saltbox is a wooden frame house with a long, pitched roof that slopes down to the back. A saltbox has just one storey in the back and two stories in the front. The flat front and central chimney are recognizable features, but the asymmetry of… … Wikipedia
house — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. abode, residence; chamber, legislature; firm, organization, company; family, ancestry, lineage. See business. v. t. shelter, protect; cover, contain, harbor. See party, covering. II (Roget s IV) n. 1 … English dictionary for students
saltbox — noun a type of house built in New England; has two stories in front and one behind • Hypernyms: ↑house … Useful english dictionary
saltbox — noun a distinctively shaped wooden frame house with two storeys at the front and one behind, characteristic of New England … Wiktionary
saltbox — noun N. Amer. a frame house having up to three storeys at the front and one fewer at the back with a steeply pitched roof … English new terms dictionary
Comfort Starr House — See also: List of the oldest buildings in Connecticut Comfort Starr House House information Location Guilford, Connecticut … Wikipedia
Nehemiah Hubbard House — Hubbard, Nehemiah, House U.S. National Register of Historic Places … Wikipedia
