box

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

boxes

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

box

past (v2)

boxed

past participle (v3)

boxed

present participle

boxing

3rd person singular

boxes

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.

   • Ter Kuile says people will sometimes bring their kids to their CrossFit "box," which is CrossFit for "gym."
   • He had been in disciplinary confinement (“the box”), punishment reserved for serious prison offenses, for 14 months.
   • Without warning, he withdrew his finger and drove his tongue inside her creamy, hot box. She gave a sharp intake of breath.

2. 2.Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space

   • This text would stand out better if we put it in a coloured box.
   • Place a tick in the box.
   • Poised link-up play between [Michael] Essien and [Frank] Lampard set the Ghanaian midfielder free soon after but his left-footed shot from outside the box was too weak.

3. 3.A rectangular object in any number of dimensions.

   • The box is too heavy to carry.
   • There are some eggs in the box.
   • I opened the box and looked inside.

4. 4.Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of genus Buxus, especially common box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary.

   • The box is too heavy to carry.
   • There are some eggs in the box.
   • I opened the box and looked inside.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.

2. 2.To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.

3. 3.To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.

4. 4.To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.

   • Scrapbooks that have enduring value in their original form should be individually boxed in custom-fitted boxes.
   • He also testified that the reason he crated the one machine and boxed the other was because one machine was stronger and the other frailer, and that made it dangerous to crate it.
   • "I best get busy and box up these bones," she said, suddenly anxious to get moving. […] As she started to step around the grave washed out by last night's rainstorm, the sun caught on something caught in the mud.

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Everyday conversation

Uncommon

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Common

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Rare

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Uncommon