box in English

noun

1

a container with a flat base and sides, typically square or rectangular and having a lid.

a cereal box

synonyms: carton, pack, packet, case, crate, chest, coffer, casket, container, receptacle

2

an area or space enclosed within straight lines, in particular.

Introns are shown as straight lines connecting the boxes .

3

a small structure or building for a specific purpose, in particular.

It's not so easy to guess what device is inside this box and what its purpose is.

4

a mailbox at a post office, newspaper office, or other facility where a person may arrange to receive correspondence.

write to me care of PO Box 112

5

a slap with the hand on the side of a person's head given as a punishment or in anger.

she gave him a box on the ear

6

a slow-growing European evergreen shrub or small tree with glossy dark green leaves. It is often grown as a hedge and for topiary.

A standard clipped box tree in a plain terracotta pot shows restrained good taste.

7

any of a number of trees that have wood or foliage similar to the box tree, in particular.

She made her way through the woods, ‘past a giant temple of boxwood ,’ then to the yard of 124 where ‘she sat down on the first handy place - a stump’.

verb

1

put in or provide with a box.

the books are sold as a boxed set

synonyms: package, pack, parcel, wrap, bundle, crate, bin

2

fight an opponent using one's fists; compete in the sport of boxing.

he boxed for England

synonyms: fight, prizefight, spar, brawl, scrap

3

recite the compass points in correct order.

I've ‘ boxed the compass ’ over 14 miles of broken mountains with 'em and come out within 100 meters from start-point.

4

make a complete change of direction.

by now the breeze had boxed the compass

noun

carton, pack, packet, case, crate, chest, coffer, casket, container, receptacle
loge
box seat
boxful
boxwood
corner

verb

package, fight, strike
package, pack, parcel, wrap, bundle, crate, bin
fight, prizefight, spar, brawl, scrap
strike, smack, cuff, hit, thump, slap, swat, punch, jab, wallop, belt, bop, sock, clout, clobber, whack, slug, swinge, smite
package

Use "box" in a sentence

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