Box Definition
- To name the 32 points of the compass in proper order.
- To make a complete revolution or reversal.
- In a very difficult or restrictive situation.
- In a strikingly unconventional or original way:
thinking outside the box.
- to block (an opponent) so as to prevent that player from getting a rebound
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Box
- box the compass
- in a box
- outside
- box in
- box out
- box the compass
- box up
- in a box
- outside (of) the box
Origin of Box
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From Middle English box, from Old English box (“box-tree; box, case”), from Proto-Germanic *buhsuz (cf. Dutch bus (“bush of a wheel”), German Büchse, Swedish hjulbössa (“wheel-box”)), from Late Latin buxis (“box”), from Ancient Greek πυξίς (pyxis, “boxwood box”), from πύξος (pyxos, “box tree”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English boxen (“to box, beat”) and box (“a blow, a hit”), of unknown origin but apparently akin to Middle Dutch boke (“a blow, a hit”), Middle High German buc (“a blow”), Danish bask (“a blow”). See also Ancient Greek πύξ (pux), πυγμή (pugmē) (fist, pugilism)
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English from Late Latin buxis from Greek puxis from puxos box tree
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English, from Old English, from Latin buxus, from Ancient Greek πύξος (puksos, “box tree”).
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English from Latin buxus from Greek puxos
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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