Definitions for "Penalty box"
Keywords:  sideboards, bench, kick, ice, yard
(ice hockey) an enclosed bench to the side of an ice-hockey rink for players who are serving time penalties
Off-ice area where penalized players serve their sentences.
An area containing a bench, just off the ice and behind the sideboards, where players serve penalty time. There are two penalty boxes, one for each team.
n. A temporary position of low esteem usually awarded for a perceived failure or misdeed.