noun
A traditional Japanese lacquered container with stacked layers, used for serving or carrying food, especially during celebrations or picnics. Also called 重箱 (じゅうばこ).
See also: 重箱
お正月には、お重におせち料理を詰めます。
For New Year's, we pack osechi dishes into a multi-tiered food box.
花見に持っていくお重を準備した。
I prepared a tiered food box to take to the cherry blossom viewing.
重箱 is the more general term for a tiered food box, while お重 is the polite form often used in everyday speech.
Polite form of 重 (じゅう, 'layered'), with the honorific prefix お. The kanji 重 refers to the stacked layers of the box.