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Definition of 'box'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) box
a container, case, or receptacle, usu. rectangular, and often with a lid or cover.

2.  box
the quantity contained in a box.

3.  box
Chiefly Brit. a gift in a box.

4.  box
a compartment for the accommodation of a small number of people, as in a theater.

5.  box
a small enclosure in a courtroom for witnesses or the jury.

6.  box
a small shelter:
a sentry's box.

7.  box
Brit.

8.  box
a small house or cottage, as for use while hunting:
a shooting box.

9.  box
a telephone booth.

10.  box
the box, television.

11.  box
a part of a printed page containing material enclosed in a border, as an obituary or classified advertisement.

12.  box
any enclosing, protective case or housing.

13.  box
any of various spaces on a baseball diamond marking the playing positions of the pitcher, catcher, batter, or coaches.

14.  box
Informal.

15.  box
boom box.

16.  box
Vulgar Slang.

17.  box
the vagina or vulva.

18.  box
the driver's seat on a coach.

19.  box
the section of a wagon in which passengers or parcels are carried.

20. (v.t.) box
to put into a box.

21.  box
to enclose or confine as if in a box (often fol. by in or up).

22.  box
to furnish with a box.

23.  box
to form into a box or the shape of a box.

24.  box
to block so as to keep from passing or achieving a better position (often fol. by in).

25.  box
to group together for consideration as one unit:
to box bills in the legislature.

26.  box
to enclose or conceal (a structure) as with boarding.

27. (n.) box
a blow with the hand or fist:
a box on the ear.

28. (v.t.) box
to strike with the hand or fist, esp. on the ear.

29.  box
to fight against (someone) in a boxing match.

30. (v.i.) box
to participate in a boxing match; spar.

31. (n.) box
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.

32.  box
any of various other shrubs or trees, esp. species of eucalyptus.

33.  box
to recite the points of the compass in a clockwise order.

34.  box
to make a complete turn or reversal.

Etymology: (1745–55)

Definition of 'box'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) box
a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
"he rummaged through a box of spare parts"

2. (noun) box, loge
private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance
"the royal box was empty"

3. (noun) box, boxful
the quantity contained in a box
"he gave her a box of chocolates"

4. (noun) corner, box
a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
"his lying got him into a tight corner"

5. (noun) box
a rectangular drawing
"the flowchart contained many boxes"

6. (noun) box, boxwood
evergreen shrubs or small trees

7. (noun) 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"

8. (noun) box, box seat
the driver's seat on a coach
"an armed guard sat in the box with the driver"

9. (noun) box
separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people
"the sentry stayed in his box to avoid the cold"

10. (verb) box
a blow with the hand (usually on the ear)
"I gave him a good box on the ear"

11. (verb) box, package
put into a box
"box the gift, please"

12. (verb) box
hit with the fist
"I'll box your ears!"

13. (verb) box
engage in a boxing match

Definition of 'box'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) box
a cube-shaped container
a shoe box; a box of matches/chocolates

2.  box
a printed square
Write your answers in the box below.

3.  box
***a separate seating area in a theater
Prices are higher for a box.

4.  box
on the box
on television

5. (verb) box
***to fight in the sport of boxing

Definition of 'box'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) box
a tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B. suffruticosa), is much used for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc

2. (noun) box
a receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes

3. (noun) box
the quantity that a box contain

4. (noun) box
a space with a few seats partitioned off in a theater, or other place of public amusement

5. (noun) box
a chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; as, a poor box; a contribution box

6. (noun) box
a small country house

7. (noun) box
a boxlike shed for shelter; as, a sentry box

8. (noun) box
an axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing

9. (noun) box
a chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump

10. (noun) box
the driver's seat on a carriage or coach

11. (noun) box
a present in a box; a present; esp. a Christmas box or gift

12. (noun) box
the square in which the pitcher stands

13. (noun) box
a Mediterranean food fish; the bogue

14. (noun) box
a blow on the head or ear with the hand

15. (verb) box
to inclose in a box

16. (verb) box
to furnish with boxes, as a wheel

17. (verb) box
to inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to bring to a required form

18. (verb) box
to fight with the fist; to combat with, or as with, the hand or fist; to spar

19. (verb) box
to strike with the hand or fist, especially to strike on the ear, or on the side of the head

20. (verb) box
to boxhaul

Definitions of 'box'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. box
A computer; esp. in the construction foo box where foo is some functional qualifier, like graphics, or the name of an OS (thus, Unix box, Windows box, etc.) “We preprocess the data on Unix boxes before handing it up to the mainframe.”

Translation of 'box'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a case for holding something a wooden box; a matchbox.
Afrikaans: doos, boks	Arabic: صُنْدوق، عُلْبَه	Bulgarian: кутия
Brazilian: caixa	Czech: krabice, bedna	German: die Kiste, die Schachtel
Danish: æske; kasse	Greek: κουτί	Spanish: caja
Estonian: kast, toos	Farsi: جعبه؛ صندوق	Finnish: laatikko
French: boîte	Hebrew: קוְּפסָה	Hindi: सन्दूक
Croatian: kutija	Hungarian: doboz	Indonesian: kotak
Icelandic: kassi, askja	Japanese: 箱	Korean: 상자
Lithuanian: dėžė, dėžutė	Latvian: kārba; kaste	Malay: kotak
Dutch: doos	Norwegian: eske, skrin, kasse	Polish: pudełko, skrzynka
Persian: جعبه؛ صندوق	Pashto: صندوق، جعبه	Portuguese: caixa
Romanian: cutie	Russian: коробка, ящик	Slovak: škatula
Slovenian: škatla	Serbian: kutija	Swedish: låda, kista, skrin, ask
Thai: กล่อง	Turkish: kutu, sandık	Taiwanese: 箱，盒
Ukrainian: скриня; коробка	Urdu: بکس ، ڈبہ	Vietnamese: hộp; thùng
Chinese: 箱，盒
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