Home › Words › S › startboxstartboxstartbox means the compartment of a maze etc. into which the animal subject in a psychology experiment is initially placed.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, startbox ranks #16,733 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom start + box.nounThe compartment of a maze etc. into which the animal subject in a psychology experiment is initially placed.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).