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box kite
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box kite
n.
A tailless kite formed from or as if from two or more open-ended boxes connected at the corners by shafts spanning an interval of open space.

box kite
n
(Non-sporting Hobbies / Other Non-sporting Hobbies) a kite with a boxlike frame open at both ends
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Noun1.box kite - a kite shaped like a box open at both endsbox kite - a kite shaped like a box open at both ends
kite - plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string


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