box collecting

[zeal]

what is the correct name for a box shaped like a book

[Gef]

You might be thinking of a cuboid.

[Quizmonster]

Most names given to collectors, their hobbies and aspects thereof are created from the appropriate classical Greek root-words. Hence, an arctophile is a collector/lover of teddy-bears and a collector of stamps is a philatelist. On that basis, the Greek for 'box' is 'pyxis', so I imagine box-collectors like to call themselves 'pyxophiles'.

The Greek for 'book' is 'biblion'. Therefore, here's my attempt at what a book-shaped box might be called in the box-collecting world...a 'pyxobiblion'...ie a boxy-book!

[Squirrel]

Sorry for extending the question here, but is cuboid a noun or one of those words like circular, pentagonal etc.? Would you say "The box is shaped like a cuboid" or "The box is cuboid in shape"?

[davver]

I think I know what you mean - a box that is disguised as a book? Sorry I don't know its name though!