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box1 n 1. a receptacle or container made of wood, cardboard, etc., usually rectangular and having a removable or hinged lid 2. Also called boxful the contents of such a receptacle or the amount it can contain he ate a whole box of chocolates 3. any of various containers for a specific purpose a money box letter box 4. (often in combination) any of various small cubicles, kiosks, or shelters a telephone box or callbox a sentry box a signal box on a railway 5. (Performing Arts / Theatre) a separate compartment in a public place for a small group of people, as in a theatre or certain restaurants 6. (Law) an enclosure within a courtroom See jury box, witness box 7. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a compartment for a horse in a stable or a vehicle See loosebox, horsebox 8. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) Brit a small country house occupied by sportsmen when following a field sport, esp shooting 9. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a. a protective housing for machinery or mechanical parts b. the contents of such a box c. (in combination) a gearbox 10. (General Sporting Terms) a shaped device of light tough material worn by sportsmen to protect the genitals, esp in cricket 11. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a section of printed matter on a page, enclosed by lines, a border, or white space 12. a central agency to which mail is addressed and from which it is collected or redistributed a post-office box to reply to a box number in a newspaper advertisement 13. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) the central part of a computer or the casing enclosing it 14. (Team Sports / Soccer) short for penalty box 15. (Team Sports / Baseball) Baseball either of the designated areas for the batter or the pitcher 16. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) the raised seat on which the driver sits in a horse-drawn coach 17. NZ a wheeled container for transporting coal in a mine 18. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) Austral and NZ an accidental mixing of herds or flocks 19. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a hole cut into the base of a tree to collect the sap 20. short for Christmas box 21. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a device for dividing water into two or more ditches in an irrigation system 22. an informal name for a coffin 23. Austral taboo slang the female genitals be a box of birds NZ to be very well indeed the box Brit informal television think out of the box to think in a different, innovative, or original manner, esp with regard to business practices, products, systems, etc. out of the box Austral informal outstanding or excellent a day out of the box vb 1. (tr) to put into a box 2. (tr; usually foll by in or up) to prevent from moving freely; confine 3. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (tr; foll by in) Printing to enclose (text) within a ruled frame 4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (tr) to make a cut in the base of (a tree) in order to collect the sap 5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (tr) Austral and NZ to mix (flocks or herds) accidentally 6. (tr; sometimes foll by up) NZ to confuse I am all boxed up 7. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical short for boxhaul (Transport / Nautical Terms) box the compass Nautical to name the compass points in order [Old English box, from Latin buxus from Greek puxos box3] boxlike adj box2 vb 1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Boxing) (tr) to fight (an opponent) in a boxing match 2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Boxing) (intr) to engage in boxing 3. (tr) to hit (a person) with the fist; punch or cuff box clever to behave in a careful and cunning way n a punch with the fist, esp on the ear [of uncertain origin; perhaps related to Dutch boken to shunt, push into position] box3 n 1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a dense slow-growing evergreen tree or shrub of the genus Buxus, esp B. sempervirens, which has small shiny leaves and is used for hedges, borders, and garden mazes: family Buxaceae 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the wood of this tree See boxwood [1] 3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several trees the timber or foliage of which resembles this tree, esp various species of Eucalyptus with rough bark [Old English, from Latin buxus] box1 (bɒks) n. 1. a container, case, or receptacle, usu. rectangular, and often with a lid or cover. 2. the quantity contained in a box. 3. Chiefly Brit. a gift in a box. 4. a compartment for the accommodation of a small number of people, as in a theater. 5. a small enclosure in a courtroom for witnesses or the jury. 6. a small shelter: a sentry's box. 7. Brit. a. a small house or cottage, as for use while hunting: a shooting box. b. a telephone booth. 8. sc box stall. 9. the box, television. 10. a part of a printed page containing material enclosed in a border, as an obituary or classified advertisement. 11. any enclosing, protective case or housing. 12. any of various spaces on a baseball diamond marking the playing positions of the pitcher, catcher, batter, or coaches. 13. Informal. boom box. 14. Slang. a coffin. 15. Vulgar Slang. the vagina or vulva. 16. the driver's seat on a coach. 17. the section of a wagon in which passengers or parcels are carried. v.t. 18. to put into a box. 19. to enclose or confine as if in a box (often fol. by in or up). 20. to furnish with a box. 21. to form into a box or the shape of a box. 22. to block so as to keep from passing or achieving a better position (often fol. by in). 23. to group together for consideration as one unit: to box bills in the legislature. 24. to enclose or conceal (a structure) as with boarding. [before 1000; Middle English, Old English, probably < Late Latin buxis, a reshaping of Latin pyxis; see pyx] box′like`, adj. box2 (bɒks) n. 1. a blow with the hand or fist: a box on the ear. v.t. 2. to strike with the hand or fist, esp. on the ear. 3. to fight against (someone) in a boxing match. v.i. 4. to participate in a boxing match; spar. [1300–50; Middle English; of uncertain orig.] box3 (bɒks) n. 1. any of various evergreen shrubs or small trees of the genus Buxus, esp. B. sempervirens, having shiny, elliptic, dark green leaves, used for ornamental borders and hedges and yielding a hard, durable wood. 2. any of various other shrubs or trees, esp. species of eucalyptus. [before 950; Middle English, Old English < Latin buxus boxwood < Greek] box4 (bɒks) v.t. Idioms: box the compass, a. to recite the points of the compass in a clockwise order. b. to make a complete turn or reversal. [1745–55]
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box1 noun verb box something or someone in confine, contain, surround, trap, restrict, isolate, cage, enclose, restrain, imprison, shut up, incarcerate, hem in, shut in, coop up He was boxed in with 300 metres to go. the box (Brit. informal) television, TV, telly (Brit. informal), the tube (slang), TV set, small screen (informal), gogglebox (Brit. slang), idiot box (slang) Did you actually go to the match or did you watch it on the box? Boxesballot box, bandbox, bulla, caisson, carton, cartouche, case, casket, chest, coffer, coffin, coin box, cracket, deed box, desiccator, dispatch box, ditty box, glory box, glove box, grass box, hatbox, haybox, honesty box, keister, matchbox, music box, nest box, pouncet box, packing case, paintbox, papeterie, pillbox, poor box, saggar, saltbox, sandbox, soapbox, solander, strongbox, tinderbox, trunk, vanity box, window box, wine box box2 verb 1. fight, spar, exchange blows, prizefight At school I boxed and played rugby. Translations box1 [bɒks] A. N 1. (gen) → caja f; (= large) → cajón m; (= chest etc) → arca f, cofre m; (for money etc) → hucha f; (for jewels etc) → estuche m cardboard box → caja f de cartón box of matches → caja f de cerillas wine box caja de cartón revestida de plástico por dentro y con una llave en el exterior por la que se vierte el vino to be out of one's box (Brit) (from drugs) → estar volado, estar colocado(Sp) ; (from alcohol) → estar como una cuba 2. (in theatre, stadium) → palco m 4. (Brit) (= road junction) → parrilla f 5. (on form, to be filled in) → casilla f 6. (Sport) (= protection) → protector m 8. (Typ) (surrounding table, diagram) → recuadro m B. VT → poner en una caja a boxed set of six cups and saucers → un juego de seis tazas y platillos envasado en una caja de cartón to box the compass → cuartear la aguja C. CPD box camera N → cámara f de cajón box file N → archivador m, archivo m box girder N → viga f en forma de cajón, vigas fpl gemelas box junction N (Brit) (Aut) → cruce m con parrilla box kite N cometa en forma de cubo, abierto por dos lados box number N → apartado m de correos, casilla f de correo(LAm) box office N → taquilla f, boletería f (LAm) to be good box office → ser taquillero see also box-office box pleat N (Sew) → tablón m box seat N (US) (Theat) → asiento m de palco box spring N → muelle m box in VT + ADV box off VT + ADV → compartimentar box up VT + ADV → poner en una caja (fig) → constreñir box2 [bɒks] A. N (= blow) a box on the ear → un cachete m box3 [bɒks] N (Bot) → boj m box [ˈbɒks] n (gen) → boîte f a box of matches → une boîte d'allumettes a box of chocolates → une boîte de chocolats a box of tissues → une boîte de mouchoirs (en papier), une boîte de kleenex® (= crate) → caisse f (= tick) → case f (THEATRE) → loge f (British) (marked on road at junction) → intersection matérialisée par des marques au sol)f > the box (British) (= television) → la télé the box (FOOTBALL) → la surface, la surface de réparation to think outside the box → être innovant(e) vt (= pack in boxes) → mettre dans des cartons (BOXING) [+ person] → boxer avec box: box bed n → Klappbett nt box calf n → Boxkalf nt box camera n → Box f boxcar n (US Rail) → (geschlossener) Güterwagen box: box file n → Flachordner m box girder n → Kastenträger m box hedge n → streng geschnittene Hecke box: box junction n (Mot) → gelb schraffierte Kreuzung (in die bei Stau nicht eingefahren werden darf) box kite n → Kastendrachen m box lunch n (US) → Lunchpaket nt box office attr box success/hit/attraction → Kassenschlager m box pleat n → Kellerfalte f boxroom n (Brit) → Abstellraum m box seat box spanner n → Steckschlüssel m box tree n → Buchsbaum m box1 vi (Sport) → boxen vt (Sport) → boxen; to box somebody’s ears or somebody on the ears → jdn ohrfeigen, jdm eine Ohrfeige geben n a box on the ear or round the ears → eine Ohrfeige, eine Backpfeife (inf) box2 n (Bot) → Buchsbaum m box3 n (made of wood or strong cardboard) → Kiste f; (= cardboard box) → Karton m; (made of light cardboard, = matchbox) → Schachtel f; (= snuffbox, cigarette box etc, biscuit tin) → Dose f; (of crackers, chocolates etc) → Packung f, → Schachtel f; (= jewellery box) → Schatulle f, → Kasten m; (= tool box) → (Werkzeug)kasten m; (= ballot box) → Urne f; (= money box, with lid and lock) → Kassette f; (for saving) → Sparbüchse or -dose f; (= collection box) → (Sammel)büchse f; (in church) → Opferbüchse f; (fixed to wall etc) → Opferstock m; (Brit, old, = trunk) → (Schrank)koffer m; to be out of one’s box (Brit inf: = drunk, drugged) → total zu sein (inf) (on form) → Kästchen nt; (on newspaper page) → Kasten m; (Baseball) → Box f; (Football) → Strafraum m; (in road junction) gelb schraffierter Kreuzungsbereich; draw a box (a)round it → umranden Sie es; tick the appropriate box → das entsprechende Kästchen ankreuzen (Theat) → Loge f; (= jury box) → Geschworenenbank f; (= witness box) → Zeugenstand m; (= press box) → Pressekabine f; (outside) → Pressetribüne f; (in court) → Pressebank f (Tech: = housing) → Gehäuse nt (building, = sentry box) → Schilderhaus nt; (= signal box) → Häuschen nt; (= hunting box) → (Jagd)hütte f (= horse box) → Box f (Brit: = pillar box) → (Brief)kasten m (Brit: = phone box) → Zelle f (esp Brit inf: = TV) → Glotze f (inf), → Glotzkasten m (inf); what’s on the box? → was gibts im Fernsehen?; I was watching the box → ich habe geglotzt (inf) (Brit, = gift of money) → Geldgeschenk nt (on stagecoach) → (Kutsch)bock m box1 [bɒks] n a. → scatola; (crate, also for money) → cassetta; (for jewels) → cofanetto the box (fam) (tv) → la tele box2 [bɒks] 1. n a box on the ear → uno scapaccione 2. vt to box sb's ears → prendere qn a scapaccioni 3. vi (Sport) → fare il pugile; (fight) → combattere box3 [bɒks] n (Bot) → bosso 1. a case for holding something. a wooden box; a matchbox. 2. in a theatre etc, a group of seats separated from the rest of the audience. verb to put (something) into boxes. Will you box these apples? Boxing day December 26, the day after Christmas day. box number a number used eg in a newspaper advertisement instead of a full address. box office a ticket office in a theatre, concert – hall etc. There's a queue at the box office for tonight's show. box2 (boks) verb to fight (someone) with the fists. Years ago, fighters used to box without wearing padded gloves. noun a blow on the ear with the hand. ˈboxer nounHe's a champion boxer. ˈboxing noun the sport of fighting with the fists. ˈboxing-glove noun a boxer's padded glove. ˈboxing-match nounbox → صندوق krabice kasse Schachtel κουτί caja laatikko boîte kutija scatola 箱 상자 doos eske pudełko caixa коробка låda กล่อง boks cái hộp 盒子 box n. caja, estuche. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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