shadowbox noun 4verb 4forms 3 noun4 •A diorama or shallow display case, usually with a glass front.Simply constructed of wood, a shadowbox sign frame 6 inches deep, 11 inches wide and 70 inches long is suspended over the stairway of the Scott Sotre, 124 Fifth Avenue, Jamestown, N.D. — 1936 •A rectangular display area that is set off with a frame or drop shadow.This book will show you how to make fabulous origami shadowbox frames to display your art in a beautiful and original way! — 2013 •A box with a light inside used for reading X-ray images.Q. All right. Would they be of any significance in showing the jury through a shadowbox? A. I think they helped confirm the diagnosis. — 1962 •A shade that surrounds a lit display or screen to make it easier to read in bright environments.A shadowbox extending 270 ° around the diode showed that the beam was reasonably uniform. — 1982 verb4 •To practice moves without an actual opponent, often in front of a mirror.He was shadowboxing to keep fit and practice before the big fight. •(figurative) To argue with an imaginary enemy.No one here is calling for Joe Peacock to be ostracized. We’re calling him on his bullshit. Brave of you to shadowbox all those non-existent censors though. — 2012 •To engage in evasive maneuvers; to avoid addressing something directly.He wrapped himself forever in the garden of his mind showered with golden cataclysms, sun-explosive and shadowboxed all patentcy of death. — 1931 •To display in a shadowbox.This is also the time to decide which photos will be shadowboxed, which ones will be popped up, and which will lie flat on the paper. — 2004 formsshadowboxed · shadowboxing · shadowboxes
