Cakebox

/ˈkeɪkbɑːks/ noun

A lightweight cardboard or pastry box designed to hold and protect baked cakes during storage or transport.

Compound word from 'cake' + 'box.' Both words have Old English and Germanic roots. The specific 'cakebox' term became common with industrialized baking in the 19th-20th centuries.

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