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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

head•box n.

Printing(in a papermaking machine) the container in which cleaned pulp is collected for uniform distribution across the wire.
Furniture, Buildingheadrail (def. 2).

head + box¹

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