brown box

Unmarked shipping container

A brown box is an unadorned cardboard shipping container, the kind packages arrive in.

The term often implies plain, utilitarian packaging as opposed to retail-ready presentation: The product ships in a brown box with minimal branding.

In electronics, brown box sometimes refers to refurbished or wholesale items sold without original retail packaging.

Related

packing tape · corrugated · shipping · shipping label · return address · recycled · biodegradable · cardboard · delivery · carton · sturdy · dimensions · unmarked · adhesive tape · plain · plain wrapper · storage · moving

Opposites
presentation/decoration

brown boxgift box

Decorative container for presents

decorative box · jewel box · presentation box · hatbox · jewelry box

packaging purpose

brown boxgift wrap

Decorative package covering

retail packaging · display case · showcase · keepsake box

retail packaging context

brown boxretail packaging

Product containers for sale

display box · blister pack · clamshell packaging · window box

Family

brown, box, browns, browner, brownest, browned, browning, brownish, boxes

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G