sweatbox

== English == === Etymology === From sweat +‎ box. === Pronunciation === === Noun === sweatbox (plural sweatboxes) Any box or boxlike structure used to induce sweating, such as of hides or tobacco (US, slang) A jail cell. (UK, slang) A compartment in a police van to hold a prisoner being transported. A small overheated cell or room used for solitary confinement or torture. (slang) A small nightclub packed to capacity where people get hot and sweaty. (animation) The room where a scene is reviewed. (animation) The review process that takes place in a sweat box. === Verb === sweatbox (third-person singular simple present sweatboxes, present participle sweatboxing, simple past and past participle sweatboxed) (slang, transitive) To place (a person) in a jail cell or a police van compartment. (animation, transitive) To review (work) in the designated room for such reviews.