Usually means: Temporary exclusion area in sports.
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  1. penalty box: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. penalty box: Merriam-Webster
  3. penalty box: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. penalty box: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. penalty box: Collins English Dictionary
  6. penalty box: Vocabulary.com
  7. penalty-box: Wordnik
  8. penalty box: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. penalty box: Wiktionary
  10. penalty box: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. penalty box: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. penalty box: Dictionary.com
  13. Penalty box: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. penalty box: Rhymezone
  15. penalty box: FreeDictionary.org
  16. penalty box: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. penalty box: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. penalty box: Encyclopedia

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  1. penalty box: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Penalty box: Sports Definitions

Definitions from Wiktionary (penalty box)

noun:  (ice hockey) An enclosed bench where a player must remain for timed period (a penalty) that is assessed after an infraction.
noun:  (soccer) The penalty area.
noun:  (idiomatic, figuratively) A temporary punishment, or, metaphorically, a similar setback (e.g., loss of control, embarrassment, etc.).

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