box
noun
[ bɒks ]
• a container with a flat base and sides, typically square or rectangular and having a lid.
• "a cigarette box"
Similar:
carton,
pack,
packet,
package,
case,
crate,
chest,
trunk,
coffer,
casket,
hamper,
canteen,
bin,
drum,
canister,
container,
receptacle,
repository,
holder,
vessel,
reservatory,
• an area on a page that is to be filled in or that contains separate printed matter.
• "tick the box on the coupon"
• a separate section or enclosed area reserved for a group of people in a theatre or sports ground, or for witnesses or the jury in a law court.
• "the royal box"
• a protective casing for a piece of a mechanism.
• "in the second variation, a switch loop, only one cable enters the box"
• a facility at a newspaper office for receiving replies to an advertisement.
• "write to me care of Box 112"
• a woman's vagina.
box
verb
• put in or provide with a box.
• "each piece is boxed with a certificate of authenticity"
Similar:
package,
pack,
parcel,
wrap,
bundle,
bale,
crate,
stow,
store,
put away,
Origin:
late Old English, probably from late Latin buxis, from Latin pyxis ‘boxwood box’, from Greek puxos (see box3).
box
verb
• fight an opponent using one's fists; compete in the sport of boxing.
• "he boxed for England"
box
noun
• a slap with the hand on the side of a person's head.
• "she gave him a box on the ear"
Similar:
cuff,
hit,
thump,
slap,
smack,
crack,
swat,
punch,
fist,
jab,
hook,
knock,
thwack,
bang,
wallop,
skelp,
belt,
bop,
biff,
sock,
clout,
whack,
plug,
slug,
whop,
slosh,
dot,
boff,
bust,
whale,
dong,
quilt,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the general sense ‘a blow’): of unknown origin.
box
noun
• a slow-growing European evergreen shrub or small tree with small glossy dark green leaves. It is widely used in hedging and for topiary, and yields hard, heavy timber.
• any of a number of trees that have wood or foliage similar to the box tree.
Origin:
Old English, via Latin from Greek puxos .
