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    box
    [bäks]
    noun
    box (noun) · boxes (plural noun) · the box (noun)
    1. a container with a flat base and sides, typically square or rectangular and having a lid:
      "a cereal box" · "a hat box"
      • the contents of a box:
        "she ate a whole box of chocolates that night"
      • informal
        (the box)
        television or a television set:
        "light entertainment shows on the box"
      • informal
        a casing containing a computer:
        "the new model is half the cost of an equivalent IBM box"
      • informal
        a coffin:
        "I always thought I'd be in a box when I finally left here"
      • historical
        a coachman's seat.
    2. an area on a page that is to be filled in or that is set off by a border:
      "a picture of Sandy was in the upper right-hand box"
      • an area on a computer screen for user input or displaying information:
        "a new box appears containing the names of all the programs which are opened"
      • soccer
        (the box)
        the penalty area:
        "he curled in a shot from the edge of the box"
      • baseball
        (the boxthe batter's box)
        the rectangular area occupied by the batter:
        "ten thousand people booed him when he stepped into the box"
      • baseball
        the rectangular area behind home plate for the catcher (catcher's box), or those near first and third bases, in foul territory, for each base coach (coach's box).
    3. a separate section or enclosed area within a larger building, especially one reserved for a group of people in a theater or sports ground or for witnesses or the jury in a law court:
      "a box at the opera" · "the jury was now in the box"
      • BRITISH ENGLISH
        a small country house for use when hunting or fishing.
    4. a protective casing for a piece of a mechanism:
      "in the second variation, a switch loop, only one cable enters the box"
    5. 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"
    6. vulgar slang
      a woman's vagina.
    verb
    box (verb) · boxes (third person present) · boxed (past tense) · boxed (past participle) · boxing (present participle)
    1. put in or provide with a box:
      "each piece is boxed with a certificate of authenticity" · "Muriel boxed up all Christopher's clothes"
      • enclose (a piece of text) within printed lines:
        "procedures relating to topics within the chapter are boxed in and numbered so that the reader can quickly recognize them"
    Origin
    late Old English, probably from late Latin buxis, from Latin pyxis ‘boxwood box’, from Greek puxos (see box).
    box
    [bäks]
    verb
    box (verb) · boxes (third person present) · boxed (past tense) · boxed (past participle) · boxing (present participle)
    1. fight an opponent using one's fists; compete in the sport of boxing:
      "he boxed for England" · "he had to box Bennett for the title"
    noun
    box (noun)
    1. 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"
    Origin
    late Middle English (in the general sense ‘a blow’): of unknown origin.
    box
    [bäks]
    noun
    box (noun) · boxes (plural noun) · box tree (noun) · box trees (plural noun) · boxwood (noun) · Venezuelan box (noun) · Venezuelan boxes (plural noun) · West Indian box (noun) · West Indian boxes (plural noun)
    1. a slow-growing European evergreen shrub or small tree with glossy dark green leaves. It is often grown as a hedge and for topiary.
      • the hard, heavy wood of the box tree, formerly widely used for engraving and for musical instruments.
    2. any of a number of trees that have wood or foliage similar to the box tree.
      • several Australian eucalyptus trees (genus Eucalyptus, family Myrtaceae).
      • the tropical American Venezuelan box, or West Indian box (Casearia praecox, family Flacourtiaceae), the wood of which has now largely replaced that of the European box.
    Origin
    Old English, via Latin from Greek puxos.
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    Similar and Opposite Words
    noun
    1. a container with a flat base and sides, typically square or rectangular and having a lid:
      carton
      pack
      packet
      package
      case
      crate
      chest
      trunk
      coffer
      casket
      hamper
      canteen
      bin
      drum
      canister
      container
      receptacle
      repository
      holder
      vessel
      reservatory
      verb
      1. put in or provide with a box:
        package
        pack
        parcel
        wrap
        bundle
        bale
        crate
        stow
        store
        put away
        verb
        1. fight an opponent using one's fists; compete in the sport of boxing:
          fight
          spar
          battle
          grapple
          brawl
          scrap
          exchange blows
          engage in fisticuffs
        noun
        1. a slap with the hand on the side of a person's head given as a punishment or in anger:
          cuff
          hit
          thump
          slap
          smack
          crack
          swat
          punch
          fist
          jab
          hook
          knock
          thwack
          bang
          wallop
          belt
          bop
          biff
          sock
          clout
          whack
          plug
          slug
          whop
          slosh
          dot
          boff
          bust
          whale
          dong
          quilt
          skelp
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