Words / B1

TISH-oob-oks/ˈtɪʃuː bɒks/

A tissue box (id: tissue-box) is a box of soft paper tissues for blowing your nose. Toilet roll is for the loo; a handkerchief is cloth. Nurse: the tissue box is single-use; sharing a tissue is an infection-control fail.

Meaning

A box of soft paper tissues for blowing your nose.

Examples

• “The tissue box in the nurse’s room is single-use; sharing a tissue is an infection-control fail.”
• “A tissue box on the exam desk is allowed if the invigilator agrees; a phone in the box is still malpractice.”

Good to know

a tissue box. Contrast: toilet roll / a handkerchief. NHS / exams. Countable boxes. Mix-up: tissue can mean body tissue in science; a tissue box holds paper tissues.

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