Usually means: Traditional house with asymmetrical roof.
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  1. saltbox: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. saltbox: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. saltbox: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. saltbox: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. saltbox: Wiktionary
  7. saltbox: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. saltbox: Dictionary.com
  9. saltbox: Online Etymology Dictionary
  10. Saltbox: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. saltbox: Rhymezone
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Definitions from Wiktionary (saltbox)

noun:  A box for keeping salt in.
noun:  A similar box formerly used as a percussion instrument in burlesque music.
noun:  (US) A distinctively shaped wooden-frame house with two stories at the front and one behind, characteristic of New England.
noun:  A roof where one side slopes farther down than the other.
noun:  (UK, slang, historical) The cell in Newgate prison for a prisoner condemned to death.

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