box
The definition of a box is a container typically made of cardboard or wood.
(noun)An example of box is what someone would put a stuffed animal in to mail it to someone.
To box is defined as to fist fight or be in a boxing match.
(verb)An example of to box is the sport for which Muhammad Ali is famous.
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See box in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- any of various kinds of containers, usually rectangular and lidded, made of cardboard, wood, or other stiff material; case; carton
- the contents or capacity of a box
- Chiefly Brit. a gift, esp. a Christmas present, in a box
Origin: < the toolbox under the seat
the driver's seat on a coach- a boxlike thing, opening, or compartment
- a small, enclosed group of seats, as in a theater, stadium, etc.
- a small booth or shelter for persons on outdoor duty: a sentry box
- a small country house used by sportsmen: a grouse box
- box stall
- a space or section for a certain person or group: a press box, jury box
- a short newspaper article or advertisement enclosed in borders
- any of the enclosed sets of lines and spaces on a printed form
- ☆ Chiefly Brit., Informal television or a television set: used with the
- Slang the vulva or vagina: somewhat vulgar
- ☆ Baseball any of certain designated areas outlined on the playing field for the batter, catcher, and first-base and third-base coaches
- Mech. a protective casing for a part: a journal box
Origin: ME & OE, a container, box < VL buxis < L buxus, boxwood < Gr pyxos
transitive verb
- to provide with a box
- to put into a box, etc., as for storage or shipment
- to boxhaul
adjective
- shaped or made like a box
- packaged in a box
Related Forms:
- boxlike adjective
noun
a blow struck with the hand or fist, esp. on the ear or the side of the head
Origin: ME < ?
transitive verb
- to strike with such a blow
- to engage in a boxing match with
intransitive verb
to fight with the fists; engage in boxing
noun
- any of a genus (Buxus) of evergreen shrubs or small trees of the box family with small, leathery leaves: some species are used as hedge plants or shaped as garden ornaments
- boxwood (sense )
Origin: ME & OE < L buxus < Gr pyxos
adjective
designating a family (Buxaceae, order Euphorbiales) of dicotyledonous evergreen shrubs and trees, including pachysandra
See box in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- a. A container typically constructed with four sides perpendicular to the base and often having a lid or cover.b. The amount or quantity that such a container can hold.
- A square or rectangle: Draw a box around your answer.
- a. A separated compartment in a public place of entertainment, such as a theater or stadium, for the accommodation of a small group.b. An area of a public place, such as a courtroom or stadium, marked off and restricted for use by persons performing a specific function: a jury box.
- A small structure serving as a shelter: a sentry box.
- Chiefly British A small country house used as a sporting lodge: a shooting box.
- A box stall.
- The raised seat for the driver of a coach or carriage.
- Baseball a. An area on a diamond marked by lines designating where the batter may stand.b. Any of various designated areas for other team members, such as the pitcher, catcher, and coaches.
- Sports A penalty box.
- Printing Featured printed matter enclosed by hairlines, a border, or white space and placed within or between text columns.
- A hollow made in the side of a tree for the collection of sap.
- A post office box.
- a. An inbox.b. An outbox.
- a. An insulating, enclosing, or protective casing or part in a machine.b. A signaling device enclosed in a casing: an alarm box.
- A cable box.
- a. Informal A television.b. A very large portable radio.
- Chiefly British A gift or gratuity, especially one given at Christmas.
- An awkward or perplexing situation; a predicament.
- Vulgar Slang The vulva and the vagina.
- To pack in a box.
- To confine in or as if in a box.
- To border or enclose with or as if with a box: Key sections of the report are boxed off.
- To provide a housing or case for (a machine part, for example).
- a. To limit the activity or influence of by or as if by creating a restrictive structure or outlining a territory: The legislature was boxed in by its earlier decisions.b. Sports To block (a competitor or opponent) from advancing, especially to hinder an opponent from getting a rebound in basketball by placing oneself between the opponent and the basket: was boxed out by the tallest player on the team; was boxed in on the homestretch.
- Nautical To boxhaul.
- To cut a hole in (a tree) for the collection of sap.
- To blend (paint) by pouring alternately between two containers.
- To change the shape of (a structure, such as a wall) by applying lath and plaster or boarding.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English
Origin: , from Late Latin buxis
Origin: , from Greek puxis
Origin: , from puxos, box tree
.noun
A slap or blow with the hand or fist: a box on the ear.
verb boxed, box·ing, box·es verb, transitive- To hit with the hand or fist.
- Sports To take part in a boxing match with.
To fight with the fists or in a boxing match.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
.noun pl. box or box·es
- a. Any of several evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus Buxus, especially the Eurasian species B. sempervirens, having opposite, leathery, simple leaves and clusters of unisexual flowers. It is widely grown as a hedge plant.b. The hard, light yellow wood of these plants, used to make musical instruments, rulers, inlays, and engraving blocks.
- Any of several other shrubs or trees with similar foliage or timber.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English
Origin: , from Latin buxus
Origin: , from Greek puxos
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