penalty box
An enclosed bench where a player must remain for timed period (a penalty) that is assessed after an infraction.
Both players got to cool their heels for five minutes in their respective penalty boxes after the fight.
penalty
UK /ˈpɛn.əl.ti/ US /ˈpɛn.əl.ti/
noun 5
Definitions
noun
1
A legal sentence.
The penalty for his crime was to do hard labor.
2
A punishment for violating rules of procedure.
Was it so irreconcilable, Warwick wondered, as still to peal out the curfew bell, which at nine o'clock at night had clamorously warned all negroes, slave or free, that it was unlawful for them to be abroad after that hour, under penalty of imprisonment or whipping?
3
A payment forfeited for an early withdrawal from an account or an investment.
4
In sports:
5
In sports:
A penalty was called when he tripped up his opponent.
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