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service box
noun
: the area in which a player stands while serving in various court games (such as squash or handball)
Examples of service box in a Sentence
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The ball floats into the service box and onto the racket of Iga Swiatek, one of two women’s players who can claim to be the best in the world.
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Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
Improper display/storage of single service items (single service boxes need to be 6 inches above the floor).
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Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 20 Nov. 2024
Wilson, of Columbus North, smashed a serve near the left corner of a service box.
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Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 11 June 2023
What can be done that can be implemented even at a club level, assuming shorter service boxes/taller nets are out?
—Jon B., Seattle, Wa.
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Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 21 Feb. 2018
The children were assessed twice for Glenohumeral range of motion and isometric strength of the bilateral (dominant and non-dominant sides) shoulder-complex muscles, after all players warmed-up with rallies in the service boxes.
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NOLA.com, 3 Feb. 2018
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Word History
First Known Use
1885, in the meaning defined above
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“Service box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/service%20box. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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