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• noun
  1. A box for keeping salt in.
  2. A similar box formerly used as a percussion instrument in burlesque music.
  3. A distinctively shaped wooden frame house with two storeys at the front and one behind, characteristic of New England.
  4. A roof where one side slopes farther down than the other.

• In the historic district, the row of colorful saltboxes stood as a reminder of the town's colonial past.
• The museum exhibit featured miniature replicas of traditional New England saltboxes.
• As winter approached, the settlers filled their sturdy saltboxes with provisions to last through the cold months.
• The architectural tour highlighted the unique designs of the 18th-century saltboxes that lined the streets.
• Each of the restored saltboxes along the riverfront had its own story of early American life to tell.

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