box 1 (b ks)n.1. a. A container typically constructed with four sides perpendicular to the base and often having a lid or cover. b. The amount or quantity that such a container can hold. 2. A square or rectangle: Draw a box around your answer. 3. a. A separated compartment in a public place of entertainment, such as a theater or stadium, for the accommodation of a small group. b. An area of a public place, such as a courtroom or stadium, marked off and restricted for use by persons performing a specific function: a jury box. 4. A small structure serving as a shelter: a sentry box. 5. Chiefly British A small country house used as a sporting lodge: a shooting box. 6. A box stall. 7. The raised seat for the driver of a coach or carriage. 8. Baseball a. An area on a diamond marked by lines designating where the batter may stand. b. Any of various designated areas for other team members, such as the pitcher, catcher, and coaches. 9. Sports A penalty box. 10. Printing Featured printed matter enclosed by hairlines, a border, or white space and placed within or between text columns. 11. A hollow made in the side of a tree for the collection of sap. 12. A post office box. 13. a. An in box. b. An out box. 14. a. An insulating, enclosing, or protective casing or part in a machine. b. A signaling device enclosed in a casing: an alarm box. 15. A cable box. 16. a. Informal A television. b. A very large portable radio. 17. Chiefly British A gift or gratuity, especially one given at Christmas. 18. An awkward or perplexing situation; a predicament. 19. Vulgar Slang The vulva and the vagina. tr.v. boxed, box·ing, box·es 1. To pack in a box. 2. To confine in or as if in a box. 3. To border or enclose with or as if with a box: Key sections of the report are boxed off. 4. To provide a housing or case for (a machine part, for example). 5. a. To limit the activity or influence of by or as if by creating a restrictive structure or outlining a territory: The legislature was boxed in by its earlier decisions. b. Sports To block (a competitor or opponent) from advancing, especially to hinder an opponent from getting a rebound in basketball by placing oneself between the opponent and the basket: was boxed out by the tallest player on the team; was boxed in on the homestretch. 6. Nautical To boxhaul. 7. To cut a hole in (a tree) for the collection of sap. 8. To blend (paint) by pouring alternately between two containers. 9. To change the shape of (a structure, such as a wall) by applying lath and plaster or boarding. Idioms: box the compass1. To name the 32 points of the compass in proper order. 2. To make a complete revolution or reversal. in a box Informal In a very difficult or restrictive situation.
[Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin buxis, from Greek puxis, from puxos, box tree.] |
box 2 (bks)n. A slap or blow with the hand or fist: a box on the ear. v. boxed, box·ing, box·es v.tr.1. To hit with the hand or fist. 2. Sports To take part in a boxing match with. v.intr. To fight with the fists or in a boxing match.
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box 3 (bks)n. pl. box or box·es 1. a. Any of several evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus Buxus, especially the Eurasian species B. sempervirens, having opposite, leathery, simple leaves and clusters of unisexual flowers. It is widely grown as a hedge plant. b. The hard, light yellow wood of these plants, used to make musical instruments, rulers, inlays, and engraving blocks. 2. Any of several other shrubs or trees with similar foliage or timber.
[Middle English, from Old English, from Latin buxus, from Greek puxos.] |
box 1 Noun 1. a container with a firm base and sides and sometimes a removable or hinged lid 2. the contents of such a container 3. a separate compartment for a small group of people, as in a theatre 4. a compartment for a horse in a stable or a vehicle 5. a section of printed matter on a page, enclosed by lines or a border 6. a central agency to which mail is addressed and from which it is collected or redistributed: a post-office box 8. the box Brit informal television Verb to put into a box See also box in [Greek puxos box3] boxlike adj
box 2 Verb 1. to fight (an opponent) in a boxing match 2. to engage in boxing 3. to hit (esp. a person's ears) with the fist Noun a punch with the fist, esp. on the ear [origin unknown]
box 3 Noun a slow-growing evergreen tree or shrub with small shiny leaves [Greek puxos]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  box - a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts"ballot box - a box where voters deposit their ballots bandbox - a light cylindrical box for holding light articles of attire (especially hats) base - a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub should sit on its own base" carton - a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top cereal box - a paper box in which breakfast cereals are sold chest - box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy casket, coffin - box in which a corpse is buried or cremated container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) crate - a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping flat - a shallow box in which seedlings are started hod - an open box attached to a long pole handle; bricks or mortar are carried on the shoulder lid - a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.; "he raised the piano lid" paintbox - a box containing a collection of cubes or tubes of artists' paint play-box, playbox - a box for a child's toys and personal things (especially at a boarding school) pyxis - a small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines shadow box - a shallow rectangular box with a transparent front used to protect and display small items (jewelry, coins, etc.) shoebox - an oblong rectangular (usually cardboard) box designed to hold a pair of shoes snuffbox - a small ornamental box for carrying snuff in your pocket deedbox, strongbox - a strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked tuck box - a box for storing eatables (especially at boarding school) window box - a long narrow box for growing plants on a windowsill | | 2. | box - private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance; "the royal box was empty"balcony - an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium box seat - a special seat in a theater or grandstand box compartment - a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area skybox - an elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadium | | 3. | box - the quantity contained in a box; "he gave her a box of chocolates" | | 4. | box - a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible; "his lying got him into a tight corner"plight, predicament, quandary - a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people" | | 5. | box - a rectangular drawing; "the flowchart contained many boxes"rectangle - a parallelogram with four right angles | | 6. | box - evergreen shrubs or small treesboxwood, Turkish boxwood - very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | | 7. | box - any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned; "the umpire warned the batter to stay in the batter's box"area - a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" batter's box - an area on a baseball diamond (on either side of home plate) marked by lines within which the batter must stand when at bat | | 8. | box - the driver's seat on a coach; "an armed guard sat in the box with the driver"seat - furniture that is designed for sitting on; "there were not enough seats for all the guests" | | 9. | box - separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people; "the sentry stayed in his box to avoid the cold"compartment - a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area jury box - an enclosure within a courtroom for the jury press box - box reserved for reporters (as at a sports event) | | 10. | box - a blow with the hand (usually on the ear); "I gave him a good box on the ear"blow - a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head" | | Verb | 1. | box - put into a box; "box the gift, please"encase, incase, case - enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud" unbox - remove from a box; "unbox the presents" | | 2. | box - hit with the fist; "I'll box your ears!"hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face" | | 3. | box - engage in a boxing matchathletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition fight, struggle, contend - be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country" shadowbox - go through boxing motions without an opponent |
box 1 noun 1. container, case, chest, trunk, pack, package, carton, casket, receptacle, ark ( dialect) portmanteau, coffret, kist Scot., Northern English ( dialect) box something or someone in confine, contain, surround, trap, restrict, isolate, cage, enclose, restrain, imprison, shut up, incarcerate, hem in, shut in, coop up
box 2  Translations box [bɔks] n (also: cardboard box) → caja, cajón m;
 box [bɔks] n → boîte f;
 box [bɔks] n → Schachtel f; (Brit) (Aut) → gelb schraffierter Kreuzungsbereich; box in vt → einkeilen
 box [bɔks] n → scatola; (also: cardboard box) → (scatola di) cartone m (= crate); ( also for money) → cassetta;
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