manualbox

noun
UK /ˈmænjuəl bɒks/
US /ˈmænjuəl bɑːks/

A manualbox is a box you open and close by hand, not with a machine.

She kept her crayons in a small manualbox on the shelf.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A gearbox in a car that the driver shifts by hand.

He prefers a manualbox because he likes changing gears himself.

3. A box of instruction manuals or handbooks.

The new printer came with a manualbox full of guides.

4. A hand-cranked or hand-controlled box mechanism in old machines.

The operator turned the manualbox to raise the gate.