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box en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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  • /bɒks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • bäks (General-American)
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  • /bɑks/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos) Ancient Greek -ῐς (-ĭs) Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís)bor. Late Latin buxisbor. Proto-West Germanic *buhsā Old English box Middle English box English box From Middle English box (“container, box, cup”), from Old English box (“box, case”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā (“box”) from Late Latin buxis (“box”), Latin pyxis (“small box for medicines or toiletries”), of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “box or tablet made of boxwood; box; cylinder”) and πύξος (púxos, “box tree; boxwood”). Doublet of piseog, pyx, and pyxis. Cognate with Middle Dutch bosse, busse (“jar; tin; round box”) (modern Dutch bos (“wood, forest”), bus (“container, box; bushing of a wheel”)), Old High German buhsa (Middle High German buhse, bühse, modern German Büchse (“box; can”)), Swedish bössa (“box”). The humorous plural form boxen is from box + -en, by analogy with oxen. (motor racing): Used since it is more distinct over the radio compared to pit. Also from German Boxenstopp (“pit stop”).

Meanings

  1. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. ▸ A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
    • A terrible voice in the hall cried, "Bring down Master Scrooge's box, there!" and in the hall appeared the schoolmaster himself, who glared on Master Scrooge with a ferocious condescension, and threw him into a dreadful state of mind by shaking hands with him. 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Two. The First of the Three Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. […], London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 55:
    • The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, when modish taste was just due to go clean out of fashion for the best part of the next hundred years. 1963, Margery Allingham, “The Elopers”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 33:
  2. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. ▸ A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
    • a box of books
    • He brought me also a Box of Sugar, a Box of Flour, a Bag full of Lemons, and two Bottles of Lime-juice, and abundance of other Things: […] 1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC, page 325:
  3. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. ▸ A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.
  4. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. ▸ A compartment or receptacle for receiving items.
    • She'd picked up the high-tech phone from a post office box in Toronto a month ago. The key to that box had been mailed to a post office box in New York City. The Russians loved their cloak-and-dagger, particularly former KGB and Spetsnaz, Soviet special forces who ran the mafia, […] 2015 March, Cindy Gerard, chapter 10, in Running Blind, 1st Pocket Books paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 73:
    • post box  post office box
  5. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. ▸ A compartment or receptacle for receiving items. ▸ A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements; see also box number.
    • Add five words for address if replies are to come to a box number address at any of our offices. These replies are forwarded each day as received, in new envelopes at no extra charge. […] When replying to blind ads be careful to put on your envelope the correct box number and do not enclose original letters of recommendation—send copies. 1924 December 1, “The Broadcaster: A Department that will Find what You Want: A Central Clearing House for All Your Business Wants”, in C. A. Musselman, editor, Automobile Trade Journal, volume XXIX, number 6, Philadelphia, Pa.: Chilton Company, […], →OCLC, page 618, column 2:
  6. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. ▸ A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.
    • One night he proposed a champagne supper, to which, he said he had invited a friend of his. I consented without hesitation, and soon after we proceeded to an eating house and seating ourselves in a private box, ordered supper. 1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 18:
    • There is yet a better manner of arranging the boxes; and for which invention we are indebted to Andrea Sighizzi, the ſcholar of [Francesco] Brizio and Dentone; […] The plan he followed was, that the boxes, according as they were to be removed from the ſtage towards the bottom of the theatre, ſhould continue gradually riſing by ſome inches one above the other, and gradually receding to the ſides by ſome inches; by which means, every box would have a more commodious view of the ſtage; […] 1767, [Francesco] Algarotti, “On the Structure of Theatres”, in An Essay on the Opera Written in Italian, London: Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers, →OCLC, pages 101–102:
  7. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. ▸ The driver’s seat on a horse-drawn coach.
    • Next in importance to the Dvornik comes the coachman of a Russian household. He is usually chosen for his fatness and the length of his beard. These seem curious reasons for choosing a coachman in a country where coach-boxes are smaller than anywhere else in the world; but whereas the average breadth of a Russian coach-box is scarcely more than twelve inches at the outside, the average breadth of a Russian coachman is a very different affair. 1868 April 18, “Among Russian Peasantry”, in Charles Dickens, editor, All the Year Round. A Weekly Journal. [...] With which is Incorporated Household Words, volume XIX, number 469, London: Published at No. 26, Wellington Street; and by Messrs. Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 440, column 1:
  8. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. ▸ A small rectangular shelter.
    • sentry-box
    • [M]y uncle Toby […] treated himſelf with a handſome ſentry-box, to ſtand at the corner of the bowling-green, betwixt which point and the foot of the glacis, there was left a little kind of eſplanade for him and the corporal to confer and hold councils of war upon. / —The ſentry-box was in caſe of rain. 1762, [Laurence Sterne], chapter XXII, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume VI, London: […] T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, […], →OCLC, page 95:
  9. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. ▸ Ellipsis of horsebox (“container for transporting horses”).
    alt of horsebox
    • He was a fine-looking middle-aged man, and his voice said at once that he expected to be obeyed. He was very friendly and polite to John, and after giving us a slight look, he called a groom to take us to our boxes, and invited John to take some refreshment. [1877], Anna Sewell, “Earlshall”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part II, page 101:
  10. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. ▸ Ellipsis of gearbox.
    alt of gearbox
    • They were capable of climbing most hills in second low but for this exercise we decided to go for the bottom of the box, just to be sure. 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 181:
  11. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. ▸ Ellipsis of stashbox.
    alt of stashbox
    • Thinkin' like Roddy, got a stick in the box (Roddy) Hide in another car, we just blickin' the opps (Bah) 2023 May 24, “Bounce”, PGF Nuk (lyrics):
  12. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. ▸ Ellipsis of signal box.
    alt of signal box
    • Sparks from the derailed bogie of the train were first noticed by the signalman at Slough West box, who immediately sent to Slough Middle box the "Stop and Examine" signal, followed at once by "Obstruction Danger" when he realised that the coach was derailed. 1960 March, “Talking of Trains: The Slough derailment”, in Trains Illustrated, page 132:
  13. (figuratively) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. ▸ A predicament or trap.
    • I’m really in a box now.
    • He was going straight for the jugular. "Joe, this didn't make me afraid. I've done rescues before." / "Then you'll have no problem saying yes." / Her eyes narrowed. He was putting her in a box and doing it deliberately. There were times when his kind of leadership made her cringe. 2000, Dee Henderson, chapter 5, in True Devotion (Uncommon Heroes; book 1), Sisters, Or.: Palisades, →ISBN; republished Carol Stream, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers, 2005, →ISBN, page 67:
  14. (slang) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. ▸ A prison cell.
  15. (slang) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. ▸ A prison cell. ▸ A cell used for solitary confinement.
    • I am in what you call 'the box' confined to a 'special' housing unit for punishment because I stabbed some guys who call they self godly and are always beaten up on gays and she males because they hate homosexuals. 1987 August 15, Alberto Rodriguez, “What's Your Opinion, Brothers & Sisters?”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 5, page 4:
    • He had been in disciplinary confinement (“the box”)—punishment reserved for serious prison offenses—for 14 months. 2009, Megan McLemore, Barred from Treatment:
    • He is fearless and contemptuous, apparently able to withstand any discipline—including nights “in the box” […] 2003, Elayne Rapping, Law and Justice as Seen on TV, page 83:
    • […] he explained, “you can go to the box. So, I got a ticket for refusing an order and I went to the box in that situation. […] 2020, Erin Hatton, Coerced: Work Under Threat of Punishment, page 89:
  16. (euphemistic) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. ▸ A coffin.
    • Prior to the explosion we spoke about what would happen if he [Lance-Corporal James Simpson] died and came back in a box and what music he would want at his funeral. 2010 March 6, Pauline Rogers (interviewee), “Soldier who lost both legs in Afghanistan wants to return to frontline”, in The Telegraph, London, archived from the original on 24 May 2010:
  17. (qualifier:preceded by the, slang) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. ▸ The television.
    • Mr. Wormwood switched on the television. The screen lit up. The programme blared. Mr Wormwood glared at Matilda. She hadn't moved. She had somehow trained herself by now to block her ears to the ghastly sound of the dreaded box. She kept right on reading, and for some reason this infuriated the father. 1988, Roald Dahl, “The Ghost”, in Matilda, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN; republished as “The Ghost”, in Matilda, New York, N.Y.: Puffin Books, 2007, →ISBN:
  18. (slang, vulgar) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. ▸ The vagina.
    • Without warning, he withdrew his finger and drove his tongue inside her creamy, hot box. She gave a sharp intake of breath. 2015 March, Allison Hobbs, Karen E. Quinones Miller, “Cheryl”, in Hittin’ It Out the Park: A Novel (Zane Presents), trade paperback edition, Largo, Md.: Strebor Books, →ISBN, page 27:
  19. (slang) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. ▸ A computer, or the case in which it is housed.
    • a UNIX box
    • Furthermore, it is necessary that all four Linux boxen have the same development environment […] 2002 September 8, Gregory Seidman, “serving debian to redhat boxen”, in muc.lists.debian.user (Usenet), message-ID <20020908205128.GA19944@cs.brown.edu>:
    • i can't seem to find any how-to regarding connecting a terminal to a linux boxen via parallel port … 1996 January 15, Siu Ha Vivian Chu, “DEC vt320 → linux boxen”, in comp.os.linux.networking (Usenet), message-ID <4dceos$gg7@morgoth.sfu.ca>:
  20. (slang) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. ▸ A gym dedicated to the CrossFit exercise program.
    • This is really sad, but I'd go to this amazing CrossFit box called Tio with barbells outside on the edge of a park so you can enjoy the sunshine. I'd go with friends, we'd play loud music, lift weights and get tanned. 2021 August 22, Michael Segalov, quoting Joel Dommett, “Sunday with Joel Dommett: ‘In bed until 10am if I'm feeling fruity'”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2022:
    • Ter Kuile says people will sometimes bring their kids to their CrossFit "box," which is CrossFit for "gym." 2017 June 24, Julie Beck, “How CrossFit Acts Like a Religion”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2022:
    • Even CrossFitters disagree on how to read the clowns; some box owners join outsider critics in condemning them as dangerous and distance themselves from boxes that still display them. 2018 June 21, Mark Hay, “Some CrossFit Gyms Feature Pictures of These Puking, Bleeding Clowns”, in VICE, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2022:
    • Joshua Newman, until last month a co-owner of CrossFit NYC, which says it is the world's largest box, recalled a member in the gym's early days who was nicknamed "Welcoming Committee." 2014 August 8, Courtney Rubin, “CrossFit Flirting: Talk Burpee to Me”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022:
  21. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. ▸ A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder.
    • His [Rory Bremner's] brilliant story about having his box turned inside out by a delivery from Jeff Thomson – he contrasts it with Andrew Flintoff being hit in the box by Cardigan Connor. [David] Lloyd came up to Flintoff, and said, "Cardigan Connor? You consider it an honour to be hit by Cardigan. Do you remember Jeff Thomson? I was hit amidships by him, and it was not a glancing blow. I was wearing one of those old boxes – you know, the pink ones, like a soap dish. It ended up that everything that was supposed to be inside the box had come outside the box – through the air holes!" 2011, John Duncan, “Rory Bremner”, in Cricket Wonderful Cricket, London: John Blake Publishing, →ISBN:
  22. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. ▸ Synonym of gully (“a certain fielding position”).
  23. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. ▸ A cylindrical casing around the axle of a wheel, a bearing, a gland, etc.
    • In common axles, the wheel is prevented from coming off by a pin, called the linch pin, passing through the end of the axletree arm, the name of the part that the wheel turns upon; but as many serious accidents have happened through the linch pin failing and the wheel coming off, an improved method of securing the latter is now practised, by means of a box called the axletree box, which is contrived to answer the double purpose of keeping on the wheel, and to hold oil, grease, or some lubricating substance for lessening the friction. 1844, Thomas Webster, assisted by the late Mrs. [William] Parkes, “[Book XXIII. Carriages.] Chap. VI. Various Details Respecting the Parts of a Carriage.”, in An Encyclopædia of Domestic Economy: […], London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, […], →OCLC, paragraph 6684, page 1124:
  24. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. ▸ A device used in electric fencing to detect whether a weapon has struck an opponent, which connects to a fencer's weapon by a spool and body wire. It uses lights and sound to notify a hit, with different coloured lights for on target and off target hits.
    • In electric fencing, foil and saber fencers wear lames, which are thin outer jackets that cover their target areas. Lames are made from fabric that conducts electricity. When a fencer touches an opponent's lame with his or her blade, an electronic signal is sent to the scoring box. A colored light goes on to signal a touch. […] In épée, the whole body is the target, so épée fencers do not need to wear lames. A signal is sent to the scoring box from the épée any time a touch is made. 2009, Suzanne Slade, “Electric Fencing: Get Hooked Up”, in Fencing for Fun!, Mankato, Minn.: Compass Point Books, →ISBN, pages 30–31:
  25. (dated) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. ▸ A small country house.
    • Suburban villas, highway-ſide retreats, / That dread th' encroachment of our growing ſtreets, / Tight boxes, neatly ſaſh'd, and in a blaze / With all a July ſun's collected rays, / Delight the citizen, who gaſping there, / Breathes clouds of duſt and calls it country air. 1782, William Cowper, “Retirement”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 282:
    • What can a man know of a country or its people, who, merely passes through the former in a stage coach? […] Such were the arguments by which I induced myself to undertake a pedestrian trip to join my friend at his shooting-box, some hundred and fifty miles from Carlisle, where I had arrived from London; business compelling me to take that route. [1840?], [John Mackay] Wilson, “The Runaway”, in Wilson’s Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: […], volume VI, number 273, Manchester: Published by James Ainsworth, […]; London: E. T. Brain & Co., […]; New York, N.Y.: R. T. Shannon, →OCLC, page 97:
    • “I dare say the sheriff, or the mayor and corporation, or some of those sort of people, would give him money enough, for the use of it, to run him up a mighty pretty neat little box somewhere near Richmond.” 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, III.vi.9:
  26. (Southern-US, colloquial) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. ▸ A stringed instrument with a soundbox, especially a guitar.
    • So Tea Cake took the guitar and played himself. He was glad of the chance because he hadn't had his hand on a box since he put his in the pawn shop to get some money to hire a car for Janie soon after he met her. 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Amistad, published 2013, page 123:
  27. (Ireland, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. ▸ Short for squeeze box (“accordion or concertina”)
  28. Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space ▸ A rectangle: an oblong or a square.
    • [G]raphic novelists must think "inside the box" in some significant ways. Like comic books, each page of a graphic novel usually displays from one to nine outlined boxes with pictures and words that tell a story. Another tradition places the descriptions of events or scenes in smaller rectangles set within panels. These rectangles are called narrative boxes. […] Use narrative boxes with words such as "Far away" or "Meanwhile" to tell readers when you are moving the action somewhere else. 2009, Natalie M[yra] Rosinsky, “Setting the Scene”, in Write Your Own Graphic Novel, Mankato, Minn.: Compass Point Books, →ISBN, page 16:
    • This text would stand out better if we put it in a coloured box.
    • Place a tick in the box.
  29. Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space ▸ The rectangle in which the batter stands.
    • As anyone who has ever maintained a baseball or softball diamond would agree, the pitcher's mound and batter's box present a special challenge. […] Batters dig in at the plate, disturbing the soil and making a hole that base runners must slide across when they approach the plate. To withstand the special stresses on these areas, only clay-based soils provide the necessary soil strength. […] [S]ome manufacturers have introduced clay-based soil products for pitcher's mounds and batter's boxes. These products include additives with special binding properties and are specifically designed to resist the stresses applied by the cleats of pitchers and batters. 2003, Jim Puhalla, Jeff Krans, Mike Goatley, “Soil”, in Baseball and Softball Fields: Design, Construction, Renovation, and Maintenance, Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, part I (Design and Construction), section 3.3c, page 64:
  30. Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space ▸ One of two specific regions in a promoter.
    • Similar considerations apply in the case of tRNA genes, where the internal promoter is split into two functional domains (box A and box B) which must be a minimum distance apart[…]. The first 11 bp of the internal control region in the Xenopus 5S gene are structurally and functionally homologous to the box A element of tRNA gene promoters, […] 1990, David De Pomerai, “Gene Organisation and Control”, in From Gene to Animal: An Introduction to the Molecular Biology of Animal Development, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, section 1.3 (Transcriptional Control), page 11:
  31. Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space ▸ A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape.
    • Your hands rest on the bottom plane of the box, relaxed and open; forearms are parallel with the ground and elbows close to your body. Balls thrown from your right hand are aimed at the point to the left of center of the top of the box. When you hit this point the ball will land in your left hand. Balls thrown from your left hand are aimed at the point to the right of center of the top of the box. 2010 April, Michael J. Gelb, 5 Keys to High Performance: Juggle Your Way to Success, [Prince Frederick, Md.]: Gildan Digital, →ISBN, part III (The Art of Juggling: Expanding Your Influence with Spheres):
  32. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal) Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space ▸ Ellipsis of box lacrosse (“indoor form of lacrosse”).
    • [page 12] Field players wear shoes with short spikes, called cleats, on the soles. Box players wear court shoes, which have grooved rubber soles. […] [page 30] Field goalies have larger nets to protect than goalies in box lacrosse have. Box goalies wear more pads. 2003, John Crossingham, “The Essentials” and “Goaltending”, in Bobbie Kalman, editor, Lacrosse in Action (Sports in Action), New York, N.Y.; St. Catharines, Ont.: Crabtree Publishing Company, →ISBN, pages 12 and 30:
  33. Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space ▸ The penalty area.
    • 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. 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 – 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 16 Dec 2017:
  34. Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space ▸ A diamond-shaped flying formation consisting of four aircraft.
  35. Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space ▸ An area in the pit where the car is repaired and refueled.
    • When a driver is told to 'box, box', they're being instructed to make a pitstop. This is because 'box' sounds more distinct than 'pit' over the team radio, so there's less chance of confusion leading to an error. The word itself refers to the painted box outside a team's garage where pit stops take place, although some argue that it hails from 'boxenstopp', which is German for 'pit stop'. 2024 April 3, Joe Holding, Rebecca Braybrook, “What do DRS, black and white flag, porpoising and more mean? F1 terms explained”, in Autosport, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2024:
    • “Okay Lewis, so box this lap, box, box” 2020 February 7, Greg Stuart, “A beginner’s guide to… F1 slang”, in F1, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2024:
  36. (broadly) A rectangular object in any number of dimensions.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
boxen Number=Plur humorous, nonstandard lexicographic
boxes Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds (first 500 of 796)

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· puzzle-box · box-back · F-box · kill box · box-car · boxless · watchbox · fart box · gold box · tumbling-box · coin-box · boxball · box store · box standard · yellow box · jockey box · drop-box · knowledge-box · not the sharpest pencil in the box · dumb as a box of rocks · box-chronometer · paddle-box · stompbox · paintbox · heck-box · box truck · dialogue box · ditty box · startbox · planter box · birdbox · endbox · in a box · box-colored · soapbox · box tree moth · box-to-box midfielder · Armalite and the ballot box · apple-box · spinbox · first-aid box · box-iron · paybox · sweat-box · multi-box · box jellyfish · box and whisker plot · box room · boxhead · box magazine · blind box · snuff box · spice-box · breadbox · box bed · crackerbox · box-rent · blotto box · Chinese box · box of ivories · driving-box · timebox · fusebox · grassbox · fudge box · brown box crab · sandbox · seedbox · letterbox · luckbox · rhizobox · heck box · talk box · horse-box · box-oyster · shatter box · 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box · crash box · About box · jewel-box · black box warning · sea box · resistance-box · purple box · funnel box · cooking box · box-office · permutation box · box-letter · window box · backbox · dressing-box · box girder · chatterbox · out-box · karaoke box · bedbox · jambox · newsbox · winebox · box-office bomb · bellbox · infinity box · the box they're going to bury it in · munchy box · cat box · lightbox · black box insurance · sweat box · switchbox · box money · rhythm box · dispatch box · big box · box-counting dimension · coin box · spaghetti box · ditty-box · spring-box · box of chocolates · ministerial box · boxen · olive box · music box · box-meat · error box · a few spanners short of a tool box · press-box · sluice-box · plyo box · axle box · checkbox · top-box · skybox · brain-box · box-strap · Caribbean box jellyfish · shoe box · box braids · mauve box · sluice box · box calf · box-stone · box elder maple · box of tricks · dead-letter box · throwbox · life is like a box of chocolates · call-box · nest-box · box-shutter · fly box · box-hat · tee box · out of the box · balikbayan box · poison at the box office · plyometric box · ticky box · colour-box · box-fitter · project box · snake-in-the-box problem · box plan · box-level · box frame · box-toe · smokebox · dust-box · tickey-box · hospitality box · digital converter box · live box · orange box · coalbox · box-nut · box-annealing · letter-box · box pleat · collection box · happy as a box of birds · mad as a box of frogs · mult box · box-cart · box cutter · box end wrench · bat box · roofbox · puff-box · traffic signal box · spitting box · combobox · open Pandora's box · rattlebox · embox · box supper · giftbox · box-fresh · postal box · box-timbering · subscription box · salt box · chocolate-box · P-box · spicebox · box-master · horsebox · box-turtle · shoutbox · glovebox · box-pleating · box-tortoise · chumbox · box coat · tucker box · textbox · prayer box · urine box · mail box · pencil box · box art · moving box · Christmas box · block the box · box boy · box kick · honor box · moss-box · box-spring · one out of the box · boxwalla · Balaam box · box Harry · box-desk · ice box · firebox · box the gnat · boxmaking · box plot · TATA box · screw box · be in a box · box-staple · box-churn · deed-box · box profits · boxman · body box · cartridge-box · woodbox · sell against the box · box jelly · pizza box · boxy · mold box · switch box · box bike · knife-box · tuckerbox · softbox · water box · box-ticking · snuff-box · boxout · box-standard · memory box · Pandora's box · box-elder · box beam · blood box · rice box · box-tool · sugar-box · box set · box split · boxology · seed-box · smoke-box · toe box · grockle box · meat box · δ-box · box and needle · bandbox · box camera · brown box · box spanner · not the sharpest tool in the box · box joint · dropbox · box and lock · comb-box · brainbox · box-loom · loose-box · box lacrosse · green box · wog box · box meal · group box · safe deposit box · box car · spit box · box-stair · weigh-box · thunder box · box of birds · sweatbox · boxlock · boxlike · dressing-up box · fare box · cracker-box · box-wallah · box of fluffies · box-bed · dust box · boxwallah · deathbox · box-cutter · sweetbox · box party · coal-box · dredging-box · coinbox · drop box · box house · busy box · lunch-box · boxer · pounce-box · writing-box · puzzle box · spider box · box iron · chalk box · Christmas Eve box · imbox · fly-box · juke box · Aussie box · voicebox · boxfish

Descendants

box · bokis · bosca · ボックス · Box · boks · बकस · box · bogsa · বাক্স · boks · box · box · bosc · box · bocs · 박스 · باکس · बाकस · bokisi · бокс · boks · boks · bocsa · بکس · boks · pāka · box · box · boks · boks · бокс

Hyponyms

money box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · J-box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · tinder box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · witness box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · set-top box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · cashbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · property box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · herb box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · seedbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · grass box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · cable box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · cigar-box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · sound box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · bandbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · toolbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · red box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · puff box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · snuffbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · cuss box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · horsebox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · USPS blue box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · presentation box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · ballot box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · kerosene box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · smokebox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · outbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · jewel box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · homoeobox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · decade box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · fuzz box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · cardboard box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · suggestion box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · glory box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · slushbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · front box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · spring-box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · shaving box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · skybox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · dogbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · nest box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · penalty box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · fusebox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · mud box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · collecting box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · magic box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · yogibogeybox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · hotbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · firebox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · dialog box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · safety-deposit box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · Skinner box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · strongbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · sweatbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · ski box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · shooting box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · airbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · apple-box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · nesting box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · PO box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · pillbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · love box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · spurious box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · musical box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · combo box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · juice box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · telephone box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · shit box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · recipe box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · upper box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · signal box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · Christmas box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · oilbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · homeobox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · six-yard box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · list box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · pegbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · sandwich box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · journal box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · text box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · Chinese boxes (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · bento box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · jump box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · loosebox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · check box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · Galton box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · mitre box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · tuck box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · jury box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · rag-box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · Hogness box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · soapbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · squawk box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · stuffing box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · fishing box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · brain box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · Dirichlet's box principle (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · horse box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · Pribnow-Schaller box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · sandbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · vanity box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · black box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · tumbling box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · hatbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · lockbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · rattlebox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · spitbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · idiot box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · call box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · pay box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · swill-box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · sugar box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · gearbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · blue box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · CAAT box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · seatbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · snow box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · lunch box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · squeezebox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · shot box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · cigar box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · gate box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · postbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · inbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · archive box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · grow box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · packing box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · luxury box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · box tent (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · playbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · saucebox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · omnibus box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · saltbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · tick box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · paint box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · peg-box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · postal office box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · coolbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · miter box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · haybox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · light box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · cacher box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · cambox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · sentry box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · dropbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · spring box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · mystery box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · search box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · hunting box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · squawkbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · letterbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · police box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · shoebox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · wine box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · Goldberg-Hogness box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · marmalade box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · wagon box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · stage box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · power box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · hellbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · pillar box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · loose box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · bitty box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · pepperbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · swell box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · matchbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · safe-deposit box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · hot box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · cigar-box guitar (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · phone box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · side box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · drink box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · workbox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · poor box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · versing box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · GC box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · press box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · glove box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · icebox (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1)) · swear box (Hyponyms of box (noun, etymology 1))

Relateds

tofu

Synonyms

box · gully · box · minnie · machine · bush · cooze · snatch · pink bits · package · muff · bearded clam · pussy · computer · strange · gash · hoo-ha · la-la · pump · Vicky · foo-foo · poontang · cookie · Grand Canyon · front bottom · thinking machine · axe wound · box seat · quim · sugar walls · sheath · nonny · stizzy · electronic brain · booth · ginch · telly · whisker biscuit · bun · wee-wee · front bum · penis fly trap · vertical smile · muffin · stench trench · coin slot · vulva · computer · fish lips · love tunnel · juice box · case · cooch · hole · sausage wallet · wizard's sleeve · honeypot · squish mitten · front hole · cunt · twinkle · innie · Victoria · twat · tube · beaver · machine · va-jay-jay · crack · cup · data processing machine · boxful · cunny · vag · TV · 'puter · pee-pee · cooter · orthotope · berk · bonne bouche · shelter · kitty · vadge · pink · fanny · vagina · girl · crevice · love box · kebab · cavern · loge · vaginer · number cruncher · moocha · punani · tuppence · slit · clunge · minge · electronic computer · hyperrectangle · trap · snapper · monosyllable · Virginia · calculator · coochie

Translations (545)

it bussolotto (cuboid space; container) · sv kartong (cuboid space; container) · it scatola del cambio ((engineering) cylindrical casing) · it scatola (as much as fills a box) · gd bocsa (cuboid space; container) · ur ڈِبَّہ (cuboid space; container) · sk políčko (small area on a document for a tick mark) · ru те́лик ((slang) television) · it casella (small area on a document for a tick mark) · cmn 盒子 (cuboid space; container) · ky коробка (cuboid space; container) · ba ҡап (cuboid space; container) · khb ᦟᧂᧉ (cuboid space; container) · sh lóža (compartment to sit inside) · fr boîte (as much as fills a box) · io etuyo (cuboid space; container) · cmn 包廂 /包厢 (compartment to sit inside) · mk ду́нда ((slang, vulgar) the vagina) · el κασόνι (cuboid space; container) · gd bocsa (as much as fills a box) · gl cousela (cuboid space; container) · lb Béchs (cuboid space; container) · la arca (cuboid space; container) · sk škatuľa (as much as fills a box) · eo skatolo (cuboid space; container) · ka ყუთი (cuboid space; container) · kn ಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ (cuboid space; container) · is box (cuboid space; container) · mk каби́на (small rectangular shelter) · fi alasuoja ((cricket) hard protector for the genitals) · tk guty (cuboid space; container) · ro cutie ((engineering) cylindrical casing) · oc caissa (cuboid space; container) · gd bocsa ((slang) television) · ja ボックス (cuboid space; container) · kk қорап (cuboid space; container) · tg ложа (compartment to sit inside) · cmn 分隔式雅座 (compartment to sit inside) · cdo 箱箱 (cuboid space; container) · ru коро́бка (cuboid space; container) · sh шка̀туља (cuboid space; container) · sh kùtija (as much as fills a box) · ru коро́бка (as much as fills a box) · it scatola ((engineering) cylindrical casing) · pl loża (compartment to sit inside) · el τετραγωνίδιο (small area on a document for a tick mark) · chr ᎧᏁᏌᎢ (cuboid space; container) · fa-ira کادْر (rectangular border around an image, text, etc.) · fr téloche ((slang) television) · ur بَکْس (compartment to sit inside) · ko 박스 (cuboid space; container) · kk жәшік (cuboid space; container) · ms kotak (cuboid space; container) · az qutu (cuboid space; container) · bo སྒམ། (cuboid space; container) · fr caisse (cuboid space; container) · cs kozlík (driver’s seat on a coach) · cs krabice (cuboid space; container) · sv skrin (cuboid space; container) · uz quti (cuboid space; container) · fi telkkari ((slang) television) · ru я́щик (cuboid space; container) · ru сунду́к (cuboid space; container) · uk ло́жа (compartment to sit inside) · la riscus (cuboid space; container) · fr boîte (compartment or receptacle for receiving items) · mt kaxxa (cuboid space; container) · hy տուփ (as much as fills a box) · ps هړپۍ (cuboid space; container) · fi tussu ((slang, vulgar) the vagina) · da kasse (cuboid space; container) · et kabiin (driver’s seat on a coach) · cs lóže (compartment to sit inside) · mk бу́тка (small rectangular shelter) · tg қуттӣ (cuboid space; container) · be кабі́на (small rectangular shelter) · sh ку̀тија (cuboid space; container) · acw عُلبة (cuboid space; container) · hu doboz (cuboid space; container) · el χαζοκούτι ((slang) television) · kmr sindoq (cuboid space; container) · hu páholy (compartment to sit inside) · es tele ((slang) television) · lb Këscht (cuboid space; container) · sk telka ((slang) television) · el πλαίσιο (rectangular border around an image, text, etc.) · uk бокс (cuboid space; container) · fr salle de jeu ((slang, vulgar) the vagina) · ht bwat (as much as fills a box) · yue 盒仔 (cuboid space; container) · tr kutu sandık (cuboid space; container) · atv комда (cuboid space; container) · ht bwat (cuboid space; container) · cmn(cuboid space; container) · ru я́щик (compartment of an item of furniture) · de Kasten (cuboid space; container) · es cajón (compartment of an item of furniture) · uk кабі́на (small rectangular shelter) · bg ло́жа (compartment to sit inside) · mi pākai raho ((cricket) hard protector for the genitals) · et arvuti (computer, or the case in which it is housed) · ja(cuboid space; container) · as পেৰা (cuboid space; container) · uk кабі́на (driver’s seat on a coach) · ccc kaja (cuboid space; container) · ro cutie (cuboid space; container) · vi hộp (cuboid space; container) · fi koppi (small rectangular shelter) · cs krabice (as much as fills a box) · is reitur (small area on a document for a tick mark) · ty punu (cuboid space; container) · hi पेटी (cuboid space; container) · de Loge (compartment to sit inside) · mk ква́драт (rectangular border around an image, text, etc.) · ru я́щик ((slang) television) · mk кутија (as much as fills a box) · uz loja (compartment to sit inside) · br boestad (as much as fills a box) · ga bosca (cuboid space; container) · th กรอบ (rectangular border around an image, text, etc.) · ur صَنْدُوق (cuboid space; container) · pt camarote (compartment to sit inside) · alt кап (cuboid space; container) · ro baracă (small rectangular shelter) · cmn 電腦 /电脑 (computer, or the case in which it is housed) · ang box (cuboid space; container) · ky ящик (cuboid space; container) · kxd kutak (cuboid space; container) · sh са̀ндук (as much as fills a box) · ru манда́ ((slang, vulgar) the vagina) · ps سخوبی (cuboid space; container) · sk schránka (compartment or receptacle for receiving items) · ca garita (small rectangular shelter) · pa ਡੱਬਾ (cuboid space; container) · bg бу́кса ((engineering) cylindrical casing) · sv avbalkning (compartment to sit inside) · es caja (as much as fills a box) · la pyxidicula (cuboid space; container) · gl marco (rectangular border around an image, text, etc.) · gl arca (cuboid space; container) · ty pōnao (cuboid space; container) · esu yaassiik (cuboid space; container) · mk ку́тија (rectangular border around an image, text, etc.) · sv box (cuboid space; container) · wa boeslêye (as much as fills a box) · sq kuti (cuboid space; container) · fr boutique ((slang, vulgar) the vagina) · da loge (compartment to sit inside) · hy արկղ (cuboid space; container) · mk кутија (cuboid space; container) · el συρτάρι (compartment of an item of furniture) · el κουτί (computer, or the case in which it is housed) · es caja (cuboid space; container) · hy տուփ (cuboid space; container) · nb eske (cuboid space; container) · cmn 箱子 (cuboid space; container) · cmn 護身 /护身 ((cricket) hard protector for the genitals) · yue(cuboid space; container) · ota صندوق (cuboid space; container) · it deposito (compartment of an item of furniture) · ary بواطة (cuboid space; container) · ky ложа (compartment to sit inside) · nl bok (driver’s seat on a coach) · hy լոժա (compartment to sit inside) · pl futerał (cuboid space; container) · mk ку́тивче (small area on a document for a tick mark) · uk я́щик (cuboid space; container) · ak adaka (cuboid space; container) · ha sunduƙi (cuboid space; container) · he קופסה \ קֻפְסָה (cuboid space; container) · gl ucha (cuboid space; container) · nb skrin (cuboid space; container) · el κουτί (cuboid space; container) · mk сандак (cuboid space; container) · be кабі́нка (small rectangular shelter) · ru каби́на (small rectangular shelter) · da kassen ((slang) television) · el φυλάκιο (small rectangular shelter) · mi pāka (cuboid space; container) · cs pouzdro ((engineering) cylindrical casing) · ru квадра́т (rectangular border around an image, text, etc.) · fr cheminée ((slang, vulgar) the vagina) · ps قوطي (cuboid space; container) · gl caritel (small rectangular shelter) · nl bak (computer, or the case in which it is housed) · ba йәшник (as much as fills a box) · pt tevê ((slang) television) · ki ithandũkũ (cuboid space; container) · pon kohpwa (cuboid space; container) · pl pudło (cuboid space; container) · sv bössa (cuboid space; container) · sv box ((engineering) cylindrical casing) · bg бу́дка (small rectangular shelter) · fy bokse (cuboid space; container) · bg кути́я (compartment or receptacle for receiving items) · fi ruutu (small area on a document for a tick mark) · vi hộp (as much as fills a box) · yue(cuboid space; container) · lad kasha (cuboid space; container) · nl kist (cuboid space; container) · sk skrinka (computer, or the case in which it is housed) · sk debnička (cuboid space; container) · tpi bokis (as much as fills a box) · ary صنْدوقة (cuboid space; container) · gl casiña (small area on a document for a tick mark) · sl škatla (cuboid space; container) · fa-ira صَنْدوق (cuboid space; container) · mk сандак (as much as fills a box) · sv låda (compartment of an item of furniture) · es garita (small rectangular shelter) · sv kista (cuboid space; container) · el κιβώτιο (cuboid space; container) · evn авса (cuboid space; container) · uk кабі́нка (small rectangular shelter) · km ហិប (cuboid space; container) · pt cubículo (small rectangular shelter) · ka კოლოფი (cuboid space; container) · el οικίσκος (small rectangular shelter) · fi laatikko (compartment or receptacle for receiving items) · ko 박스 (compartment to sit inside) · wa boesse ((slang, vulgar) the vagina) · hi बक्स (cuboid space; container) · fa-ira باکْس (cuboid space; container) · te పెట్టె (cuboid space; container) · dng хәзы (cuboid space; container) · grc κιβωτός (cuboid space; container) · de Karton (cuboid space; container) · io buxo (cuboid space; container) · ajp عُلبة (cuboid space; container) · nb boks (cuboid space; container) · pa ਸੰਦੂਕ (cuboid space; container) · fr boîte (cuboid space; container) · bg квадра́тче (small area on a document for a tick mark) · it cornice (rectangular border around an image, text, etc.) · prs جَعْبَه (cuboid space; container) · cmn(small rectangular shelter) · yi קעסטל (cuboid space; container) · pl pudło ((slang) television) · wa boesse ås sotreyes ((slang, vulgar) the vagina) · ky куту (cuboid space; container) · sv dosa (cuboid space; container) · fi laatikko (compartment of an item of furniture) · ru бу́дка (small rectangular shelter) · la podium (compartment to sit inside) · es marco (rectangular border around an image, text, etc.) · ru комп (computer, or the case in which it is housed) · da boks (cuboid space; container) · ar صَنْدُوق (cuboid space; container) · sh kùtija (small rectangular shelter) · gl boeta (cuboid space; container) · dng щёнзы (cuboid space; container) · tg ҷаъба (cuboid space; container) · gl caixada (as much as fills a box) · mk ква́дратче (small area on a document for a tick mark) · da jagthytte (small rectangular shelter) · et putka (small rectangular shelter) · wa boesse (cuboid space; container) · de Kiste (cuboid space; container) · sv kur (small rectangular shelter) · zyp bong (cuboid space; container) · twf múluną (cuboid space; container) · my သေတ္တာ (cuboid space; container) · egy p:d-s-rd-xt (cuboid space; container) · cmn(as much as fills a box) · fr cadre (rectangular border around an image, text, etc.) · prs بَاکْس (cuboid space; container) · sh škàtulja (cuboid space; container) · pt caixa (cuboid space; container) · is kassi (cuboid space; container) · sk rámček (rectangular border around an image, text, etc.) · da bås (compartment to sit inside) · bg сандъ́к (cuboid space; container) · el κουτάκι (small area on a document for a tick mark) · gl palco (compartment to sit inside) · it sospensorio ((cricket) hard protector for the genitals) · sv box (compartment to sit inside) · fr guérite (small rectangular shelter) · ru ло́жа (compartment to sit inside) · cmn 小室 (small rectangular shelter) · ja 入れ物 (cuboid space; container) · es casilla (small area on a document for a tick mark) · bg чекмедже́ (compartment of an item of furniture) · fi rasia (cuboid space; container) · khb ᦟᦲᧄᧉ (cuboid space; container) · es luneta (compartment to sit inside) · pl pudełko (cuboid space; container) · sv fack (compartment to sit inside) · it gabbiotto (small rectangular shelter) · da skrin (cuboid space; container) · za haap (cuboid space; container) · nb øskje (cuboid space; container) · sh ку̀тија (as much as fills a box) · kmr qutî (cuboid space; container) · as জঁপা (cuboid space; container) · fi pönttö (computer, or the case in which it is housed) · atv каарчак (cuboid space; container) · hu négyzet (small area on a document for a tick mark) · sk búdka (small rectangular shelter) · sv ask (cuboid space; container) · kk ложа (compartment to sit inside) · mn хайрцаг (cuboid space; container) · sv vaktkur (small rectangular shelter) · hi संदूक़ (cuboid space; container) · sk škatuľa (cuboid space; container) · bn বাক্স (cuboid space; container) · sh sànduk (as much as fills a box) · ro lojă (compartment to sit inside) · ja ボックス (compartment to sit inside) · da ramme (rectangular border around an image, text, etc.) · it cabina (driver’s seat on a coach) · it riquadro (rectangular border around an image, text, etc.) · sk krabica (cuboid space; container) · bg ка́пра (driver’s seat on a coach) · ko 상자 (cuboid space; container) · ang ċist (cuboid space; container) · tpi bokis (cuboid space; container) · nrf boête (cuboid space; container) · gl caixón (compartment of an item of furniture) · da dåse ((slang, vulgar) the vagina) · arz علبة (cuboid space; container) · sv bössa ((engineering) cylindrical casing) · th กล่อง (rectangular border around an image, text, etc.) · sv schatull (cuboid space; container) · ru бокс ((engineering) cylindrical casing) · uli kaahool’ (cuboid space; container) · et telekas ((slang) television) · cmn(small rectangular shelter) · uk коро́бка (cuboid space; container) · it tele ((slang) television) · prs صَنْدُوق (cuboid space; container) · sk krabica (as much as fills a box) · mk ло́жа (compartment to sit inside) · da skilderhus (small rectangular shelter) · grc κυψέλη (cuboid space; container) · fi pesä ((slang, vulgar) the vagina) · bg кути́я (cuboid space; container) · la capsa (cuboid space; container) · fi kuskinpukki (driver’s seat on a coach) · da kuskesæde (driver’s seat on a coach) · ba ҡумта (cuboid space; container) · it conchiglia ((cricket) hard protector for the genitals) · fi laatikollinen (as much as fills a box) · el εδώλιο (compartment to sit inside) · hi बक्स (compartment to sit inside) · sv hylsa ((engineering) cylindrical casing) · sv bås (compartment to sit inside) · mk пре́града (compartment of an item of furniture) · yai сандуқ (cuboid space; container) · fa-ira جَعْبِه (cuboid space; container) · th หีบ (cuboid space; container) · pt caixa (as much as fills a box) · fr télé ((slang) television) · ml പെട്ടി (cuboid space; container) · fr protège-sexe ((cricket) hard protector for the genitals) · bg каби́нка (small rectangular shelter) · be бокс (cuboid space; container) · wa cåde (rectangular border around an image, text, etc.) · to puha (cuboid space; container) · grc κιβώτιον (cuboid space; container) · ru каби́нка (small rectangular shelter) · it scatola (cuboid space; container) · lv kaste (cuboid space; container) · gl caixa (rectangular border around an image, text, etc.) · et loož (compartment to sit inside) · mk ку́ќиште ((engineering) cylindrical casing) · ur ڈَبَّہ (cuboid space; container) · fi laatikko (cuboid space; container) · be я́шчык (cuboid space; container) · lo ກ່ອງ (cuboid space; container) · da buk (driver’s seat on a coach) · ca capsa (as much as fills a box) · ar صُنْدُوق (cuboid space; container) · uk бу́дка (small rectangular shelter) · th กล่อง (cuboid space; container) · sv dator (computer, or the case in which it is housed) · nb kasse (cuboid space; container) · uk скри́ня (cuboid space; container) · fr loge (compartment to sit inside) · vi hộp (computer, or the case in which it is housed) · sv låda ((engineering) cylindrical casing) · id kotak (cuboid space; container) · fr lucarne ((slang) television) · ru я́щичек (compartment or receptacle for receiving items) · cs bedna (cuboid space; container) · tl kahon (cuboid space; container) · nrf boêtée (as much as fills a box) · cmn 證人席 /证人席 (compartment to sit inside) · da bøsning ((engineering) cylindrical casing) · it loggia (compartment to sit inside) · hu kocka (small area on a document for a tick mark) · fi toosa ((slang) television) · pt gabinete (computer, or the case in which it is housed) · cmn 匣子 (cuboid space; container) · fi toosa ((slang, vulgar) the vagina) · et karp (cuboid space; container) · ka ლოჟა (compartment to sit inside) · ota قوطی (cuboid space; container) · ps صندوق (cuboid space; container) · ia cassa (cuboid space; container) · it palchetto (compartment to sit inside) · gl baneiro (cuboid space; container) · tpi bokis ((slang, vulgar) the vagina) · gl gabeta (compartment of an item of furniture) · it guardiola (small rectangular shelter) · af boks (cuboid space; container) · fr case (compartment of an item of furniture) · da æske (cuboid space; container) · nl buis ((slang) television) · da skridtbeskytter ((cricket) hard protector for the genitals) · aii ܨܲܢܕܘܼܩܬܵܐ (cuboid space; container) · ru футля́р (cuboid space; container) · de Box (cuboid space; container) · cs schránka (cuboid space; container) · sv loge (compartment to sit inside) · as বাকচ (cuboid space; container) · mi papa (cuboid space; container) · fi loosi (compartment to sit inside) · gl estoxo (compartment of an item of furniture) · la pyxis (cuboid space; container) · da kasse ((engineering) cylindrical casing) · nan-hbl 箱仔 (cuboid space; container) · sm pusa (cuboid space; container) · sh ло́жа (compartment to sit inside) · fi aitio (compartment to sit inside) · el θάλαμος (small rectangular shelter) · pl ochraniacz na jądra ((cricket) hard protector for the genitals) · ru квадра́тик (small area on a document for a tick mark) · pdt Kjist (cuboid space; container) · rar piʻa (cuboid space; container) · lad kutí (cuboid space; container) · ur بَکْس (cuboid space; container) · br boest (cuboid space; container) · gl gradilla (rectangular border around an image, text, etc.) · srn dosu (cuboid space; container) · fr tour (computer, or the case in which it is housed) · fr coquille ((cricket) hard protector for the genitals) · mk каби́на (driver’s seat on a coach) · sv jakthydda (small rectangular shelter) · it palco (compartment to sit inside) · sv låda (as much as fills a box) · pl skrzynia (cuboid space; container) · fr encadré (rectangular border around an image, text, etc.) · la capsula (cuboid space; container) · gl caixa (cuboid space; container) · sv koffert (cuboid space; container) · be кабі́на (driver’s seat on a coach) · et karbitäis (as much as fills a box) · fr case (small area on a document for a tick mark) · ca caixa (cuboid space; container) · sv låda (cuboid space; container) · gl gorita (small rectangular shelter) · cs bedna ((slang) television) · cy bocs (cuboid space; container) · wa boesse ås imådjes ((slang) television) · nl doos (cuboid space; container) · fi laatikko (rectangular border around an image, text, etc.) · el θεωρείο (compartment to sit inside) · sh са̀ндук (cuboid space; container) · ajp صَنْدوق (cuboid space; container) · nb dåse (cuboid space; container) · eu kaxa (cuboid space; container) · khb ᦷᦂᧅᧈ (cuboid space; container) · br logell (small rectangular shelter) · gl escaque (small area on a document for a tick mark) · fy doaze ((slang, vulgar) the vagina) · nl kader (rectangular border around an image, text, etc.) · fa-ira لُژ (compartment to sit inside) · ar عُلْبَة (cuboid space; container) · cs bedna (as much as fills a box) · mi potipoti (cuboid space; container) · tr loca (compartment to sit inside) · be скры́нка (cuboid space; container) · be скры́ня (cuboid space; container) · sh sànduk (cuboid space; container) · ro cabană (small rectangular shelter) · ru коро́бочка (compartment or receptacle for receiving items) · nv tsitsʼaaʼ (cuboid space; container) · cs box (small rectangular shelter) · tt тартма (cuboid space; container) · de Dose ((slang, vulgar) the vagina) · km ប្រអប់ (cuboid space; container) · sw sanduku (cuboid space; container) · fr boîtier (computer, or the case in which it is housed) · el σκοπιά (small rectangular shelter) · ota لوجه (compartment to sit inside) · da dåse (cuboid space; container) · fi koju (small rectangular shelter) · cmn 一箱 (as much as fills a box) · hi डिब्बा (cuboid space; container) · ug قۇتا (cuboid space; container) · gl barqueta (cuboid space; container) · is kassi (small area on a document for a tick mark) · fi rasia (compartment or receptacle for receiving items) · om saanduqa (cuboid space; container) · xsv kista (cuboid space; container) · it garitta (small rectangular shelter) · bg кути́я (computer, or the case in which it is housed) · ar تَابُوت (cuboid space; container) · hi बकस (cuboid space; container) · ro cutie (as much as fills a box)

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box en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • (US) audio
  • /bɒks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • bäks (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /bɑks/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos) Ancient Greek -ῐς (-ĭs) Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís)bor. Late Latin buxisbor. Proto-West Germanic *buhsā Old English box Middle English box English box From Middle English box (“container, box, cup”), from Old English box (“box, case”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā (“box”) from Late Latin buxis (“box”), Latin pyxis (“small box for medicines or toiletries”), of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “box or tablet made of boxwood; box; cylinder”) and πύξος (púxos, “box tree; boxwood”). Doublet of piseog, pyx, and pyxis. Cognate with Middle Dutch bosse, busse (“jar; tin; round box”) (modern Dutch bos (“wood, forest”), bus (“container, box; bushing of a wheel”)), Old High German buhsa (Middle High German buhse, bühse, modern German Büchse (“box; can”)), Swedish bössa (“box”). The humorous plural form boxen is from box + -en, by analogy with oxen. (motor racing): Used since it is more distinct over the radio compared to pit. Also from German Boxenstopp (“pit stop”).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To place inside a box; to pack in one or more 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. 1917, “Edwin B. Stimpson Co. v. Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co.”, in New York Supplement, volume 164, page 71:
    • Scrapbooks that have enduring value in their original form should be individually boxed in custom-fitted boxes. 1991 August, Karen Motylewski, “Surveying Your Own Institution: What Do You Need to Know?”, in What an Institution Can Do to Survey Its Own Preservation Needs (Technical Leaflet: General Preservation; 508-470-1010), Andover, Mass.: Northeast Document Conservation Center, →OCLC, section V.D.6 (Scrapbooks and Ephemera), page 21; reprinted in Sherry Byrne, Collection Maintenance and Improvement (Preservation Planning Program), Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, 1993, →ISBN, page 87:
    • "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. 2017, B. J. Daniels, “Gun-shy Bride”, in Cold Justice, 2nd Australian paperback edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Harlequin Mills & Boon, →ISBN, chapter 1:
  2. (transitive) Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.
    • A large majority of children seem to delight in emotionally boxing in their parents—setting the double-bind trap by giving the parent two choices but determining ahead of time that neither choice will be sufficient for their satisfaction. 1996, Bill Borcherdt, “The Door Swings Both Ways: When Children Double Bind Their Parents”, in Making Families Work and What to Do when They Don’t: Thirty Guides for Imperfect Parents of Imperfect Children (Haworth Marriage and the Family), New York, N.Y.: The Haworth Press, →ISBN; republished Binghamton, N.Y.: The Haworth Press, 2007, →ISBN, page 65:
  3. (transitive) To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.
    • Straining eliminates lumps in the paint. If the paint has separated, stir the thick paint up from the bottom of each can to free as many lumps as possible. Then box the paint, pouring it all together through a nylon paint strainer and into the bucket. Paint less than one year old usually doesn't require straining. Older paint might have a thick skin on the top; remove the skin and set it aside. Box the paint, pouring it through a nylon paint strainer into the bucket. 2004, Brian Santos, “Painting Like a Pro”, in Painting Secrets from Brian Santos, the Wall Wizard, Des Moines, Iowa: Meredith Books, →ISBN, page 95:
  4. (transitive) To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
    • The early settlers either boxed the tree or cut large slanting gashes, from the lower end of which a rudely fashioned spout conducted the sap to a bucket. This method was very destructive to the tree, and boring was substituted for it. 1918 April, F. L. B., “The Maple Sugar Industry”, in Forest Leaves, volume XVI, number 8 (number 184 overall), Philadelphia, Pa.: Pennsylvania Forestry Association, →OCLC, page 115, column 2:
  5. (transitive) To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.
    • As early as the 1850s, prisons were being made "safer" by boxing in water pipes and enclosing galleries with netting to prevent jumping. 2013, Ronald V[ictor] Clarke, David Lester, “Introduction to the Transaction Edition”, in Suicide: Closing the Exits, New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, →ISBN, page ix:
  6. (transitive) To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.
    • [T]he death of the said deceased Daniel Docherty, while in the defender's employment as an engineman, […] is alleged to have been owing to the engine house, which contained the engine of which the deceased had charge, being of a dangerous and improper construction, and the fly-wheel not having been boxed in or covered: […] 1862 February 25, Archibald Alison (judge), “Sarah Hamil, or Docherty, relict of the deceased Daniel Docherty, Agnes Docherty, and Sarah Docherty, residing with her, his daughters and only children, v. James Alexander, Glasgow, Calenderer, defender”, in The Scottish Law Magazine and Sheriff Court Reporter, volume I (New Series), Glasgow: Thomas Murray & Son, […]; Edinburgh: Maclachlan and Stewart, published December 1862, →OCLC, page 41, column 1:
  7. (transitive) To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.
  8. (qualifier:object-oriented programming, transitive) To place a value of a primitive type into a casing object.
  9. To enter the pit.
    • “Okay Lewis, so box this lap, box, box” 2020 February 7, Greg Stuart, “A beginner’s guide to… F1 slang”, in F1, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2024:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
boxing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
boxed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
boxed Tense=Past lexicographic
boxes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Antonyms

uncase (antonym(s) of “place inside a box”) · unbox (antonym(s) of “place inside a box”) · unpack (antonym(s) of “place inside a box”)

Deriveds

boxing week (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 1)) · boxing (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 1)) · autoboxing (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 1)) · boxed (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 1)) · box-hauling (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 1)) · boxhaul (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 1)) · autobox (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 1)) · abox (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 1)) · beat boxing (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 1)) · boxing day (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 1)) · boxer (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 1)) · box-haul (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 1)) · boxable (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 1)) · box up (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 1)) · box in (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 1)) · beat-boxing (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 1)) · misbox (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 1)) · rebox (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 1)) · unbox (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 1))

Relateds

Boxing Day (Terms related to box (verb, etymology 1)) · box about (Terms related to box (verb, etymology 1)) · box the compass (Terms related to box (verb, etymology 1)) · box in (Terms related to box (verb, etymology 1)) · box up (Terms related to box (verb, etymology 1)) · box out (Terms related to box (verb, etymology 1)) · box off (Terms related to box (verb, etymology 1))

Synonyms

encase (to place inside a box) · pack (to place inside a box) · pack up (to place inside a box) · case (to place inside a box) · package (to place inside a box) · embox (to place inside a box) · box up (to place inside a box)

Translations (37)

pl zapakować (to place inside a box) · fr cacher ((architecture) to enclose with boarding, lathing, etc.) · tr kutulamak (to place inside a box) · fi koteloida ((engineering) to furnish with a box) · fi koteloida ((object-oriented programming) to place a value of a primitive type into a corresponding object) · io enkestigar (to place inside a box) · nl inpakken (to place inside a box) · gl meter (to place inside a box) · sk zabaliť (to place inside a box) · fi pakata laatikoihin (to place inside a box) · da kasse (to place inside a box) · bg заграждам ((architecture) to enclose with boarding, lathing, etc.) · fi pakata laatikkoon (to place inside a box) · sv lägga i en låda (to place inside a box) · gl encaixoar (to place inside a box) · fi pakata (to place inside a box) · it inscatolare (to place inside a box) · ca encapsar (to place inside a box) · fi koteloida ((architecture) to enclose with boarding, lathing, etc.) · hu dobozol (to place inside a box) · nl verpakken (to place inside a box) · hu csomagol (to place inside a box) · fr mettre en boîte (to place inside a box) · bg опаковам (to place inside a box) · ga pacáil (to place inside a box) · da lægge i en æske (to place inside a box) · tpi bokisim (to place inside a box) · es encajonar (to place inside a box) · da pakke i en æske (to place inside a box) · pt encaixotar (to place inside a box) · et pakkima (to place inside a box) · gv cur ayns kishtey (to place inside a box) · fr emboîter (to place inside a box) · de verpacken (to place inside a box) · ca empaquetar (to place inside a box) · hu bedobozol (to place inside a box) · de einpacken (to place inside a box)

Source: en.wiktionary, “box” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

box en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • (US) audio
  • /bɒks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • bäks (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /bɑks/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin buxusbor. Proto-West Germanic *buhs Old English box Middle English box English box From Middle English box (“box tree; boxwood”), from Old English box (“box tree”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhs (“box tree; thing made from boxwood”), from Latin buxus (“box tree; thing made from boxwood”), buxum (“box tree; boxwood”), possibly from πύξος (púxos, “box tree; boxwood”).

Meanings

  1. 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.
    • "Box makes a statement without having to do much: just trim twice a year and keep it weeded. It's a bit of a lazy gardener's plant." This, no doubt, is what makes box so popular with show home developers and city dwellers – there is scarce a balcony or front door anywhere that cannot be improved by a box ball in a pot. 2014 November 19, Ambra Edwards, “Topiary: We're all going bonkers about box [print version: Bonkers about box, 22 November 2014, page G3]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening):
    • He strayed down a walk edged with box; with apple trees, pear trees, and cherry trees on one side, and a border on the other, full of all sorts of old-fashioned flowers, stocks, sweet-williams, primroses, pansies, mingled with southernwood, sweet-briar, and various fragrant herbs. 1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter V, in Jane Eyre. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, pages 130–131:
    • And no maruell. For, the leaues of Boxe be deletorious, poiſonous, deadlie, and to the bodie of man very noiſome, dangerous and peſtilent[…] 1587, Leuinus Lemnius, translated by Thomas Newton, An Herball to the Bible […] , London: Edmund Bollifant, page 207:
  2. The wood from a box tree: boxwood.
    • Nevertheless, the application of woods other than box for purposes for which that wood is now used would tend to lessen the demand for box, and thus might have an effect in lowering its price. 1885 April 10, John R. Jackson, “Boxwood and Its Substitutes”, in Journal of the Society of Arts, volume XXXIII, number 1,690, London: Published for the Society by George Bell and Sons, […], page 567, column 1:
  3. (slang) A musical instrument, especially one made from boxwood.
    • Evenin’, folks. Thought y’all might lak uh lil music this evenin’ so Ah brought long mah box. 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, chapter 11, in Their Eyes were Watching God: A Novel, Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition, Philadelphia, Pa.; London: J.B. Lippincott Company, →OCLC; Illini Books edition, Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1978, →ISBN, page 153:
  4. (Australia) An evergreen tree of the genus Lophostemon (for example, box scrub, Brisbane box, brush box, pink box, or Queensland box, Lophostemon confertus).
  5. (Australia) Various species of Eucalyptus trees are popularly called various kinds of boxes, on the basis of the nature of their wood, bark, or appearance for example, drooping box (Eucalyptus bicolor), shiny-leaved box (Eucalyptus tereticornis), black box, or ironbark box trees.
    • The name "Black Box" seems to be most generally in use for this species, Eucalyptus boormani; the even better name of "Ironbark Box" (which certainly indicates its affinities) is nearly as frequently in use. 1909, J. H. Maiden, A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus, Government of the State of New South Wales:

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Deriveds

box elder (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · yellow box (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · pink box (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · box-tree (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · prickly box (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · bastard box (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · Box Hill (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · mountain box (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · box-gum (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · red box (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · spirit of box (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · bonnet-box (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · Tasmanian box (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · boxen (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · box thorn (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · box alder (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · box-edged (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · grey box (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · flowering box (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · boxberry (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · box-room (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · boxthorn (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · native box (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · spiny box (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · Queensland box (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · box-thorn (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · peppermint box (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · boxer (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · white box (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · box scrub (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · box gum (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · apple box (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · thorn box (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · box holly (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · Joes Box (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · dwarf box (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · bonnet box (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · box-slip (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · brush box (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · boxwood (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · Brisbane box (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · ground box (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · common box (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · box-holly (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · box tree (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2)) · European box (Terms derived from box (noun, etymology 2))

Translations (71)

sk boleráz (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · gl buxo (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · fi puksipuu (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · nl buks (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · is fagurlim (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · enm box (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · ga bucas (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · vec bos (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · sv buxbom (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · nb buksbom (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · be самши́т (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · ar بُقْس (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · ota شمشاد (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · lv buksuss (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · ro cimișir (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · ga crann bosca (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · kac sadek (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · el τσιμσίρι (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · ota چمشیر (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · tr şimşir (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · nl buksboom (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · hu puszpáng (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · pt buxo (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · pl bukszpan (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · vec buso (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · cs zimostráz (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · ca boix (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · grc πύξος (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · es boj (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · frp boués (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · ru самши́т (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · fa شمشاد (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · nl buxus (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · ru букс (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · ar شَمْشِير (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · rup shimshir (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · el πυξάρι (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · eo bukso (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · ar شَمْشَاد (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · de Buchs (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · sh šìmšir (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · ota شمشیر (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · fi koiranpensas (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · it bosso (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · ka ბზა (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · el τσιμισίρι (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · eu ezpel (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · zh 黃楊木 /黄杨木 (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · ota شمشار (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · lt buksmedis (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · ar عَثَق (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · pt buxeira (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · pt buxeiro (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · hy տոսախ (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · nn buksbom (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · sq shimshir (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · oc bois (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · da buksbom (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · fr buis (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · uk самши́т (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · mk шимшир (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · de Buchsbaum (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · sh шѝмшир (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · sk krušpán (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · fur bos (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · bg чимши́р (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · is boxviður (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · scn busciu (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · la buxus (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · bg чемши́р (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree) · ar شَمْشَار (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)

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box en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • (US) audio
  • /bɒks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • bäks (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /bɑks/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English box (“a blow; a stroke with a weapon”); further origin uncertain, with relation to Proto-Germanic *boki-, whence Danish bask (“a blow; a stripe”), Danish baske (“to flap, move around, beat violently”), Middle Dutch boke (“a blow, a hit”), bōken (“to slap, strike”) (modern Dutch beuken (“to slap”)), West Frisian bûkje, bûtse, bûtsje (“to slap”), West Frisian and Saterland Frisian batsje (“to slap”), Low German betschen (“to slap, beat with a flat hand”), Middle High German buc (“a blow, a stroke”), bochen (“to slap, strike”), and further onomatopoeic shaping. The verb is from Middle English boxen (“to beat or whip (an animal)”), which is derived from the noun.

Meanings

  1. A blow with the fist.
    • That he hath a neighbourly charitie in him, for he borrowed a boxe of the eare of the Engliſhman, and ſwore he would pay him againe when hee was able : I thinke the Frenchman became his ſuretie, and ſeald vnder for another. c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 166:
    • And then he whispered something to the girl which made her laugh, and give him a good-humoured box on the ear. 1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “The Bold Dragoon, or The Adventure of My Grandfather”, in Tales of a Traveller, part 1 (Strange Stories. […]), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC, page 62:
    • "Now, you are a nice young fellow, ain't you?" said Sowerberry, giving Oliver a shake and a box on the ear. 1837 May, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], “Oliver Continues Refractory”, in Oliver Twist; […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], published 1838, →OCLC, page 110:
    • Should any one attempt to fill his pockets, the money vanishes, and he is instantly assailed by a shower of boxes in the ear from invisible hands. 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 441:

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Synonyms

punch · cuff · blow

Translations (29)

es puñetazo (blow with the fist) · da bokseslag (blow with the fist) · pt soco (blow with the fist) · ar بُكس (blow with the fist) · izh boksu (blow with the fist) · gd buille (blow with the fist) · da slag (blow with the fist) · fr coup de poing (blow with the fist) · sv slag med handen (blow with the fist) · el γροθιά (blow with the fist) · th การต่อย (blow with the fist) · sk rana (blow with the fist) · ar لَكْمَة (blow with the fist) · tl suntok (blow with the fist) · ota مشت (blow with the fist) · th การชก (blow with the fist) · de Boxhieb (blow with the fist) · ca cop de puny (blow with the fist) · ota یومروق (blow with the fist) · br skouarnad (blow with the fist) · it pugno (blow with the fist) · nl vuistslag (blow with the fist) · cs úder (blow with the fist) · fi nyrkinisku (blow with the fist) · bg пестница (blow with the fist) · ar لَكْمَة (blow with the fist) · de Boxschlag (blow with the fist) · sk úder (blow with the fist) · io boxar (blow with the fist)

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box en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • (US) audio
  • /bɒks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • bäks (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /bɑks/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English box (“a blow; a stroke with a weapon”); further origin uncertain, with relation to Proto-Germanic *boki-, whence Danish bask (“a blow; a stripe”), Danish baske (“to flap, move around, beat violently”), Middle Dutch boke (“a blow, a hit”), bōken (“to slap, strike”) (modern Dutch beuken (“to slap”)), West Frisian bûkje, bûtse, bûtsje (“to slap”), West Frisian and Saterland Frisian batsje (“to slap”), Low German betschen (“to slap, beat with a flat hand”), Middle High German buc (“a blow, a stroke”), bochen (“to slap, strike”), and further onomatopoeic shaping. The verb is from Middle English boxen (“to beat or whip (an animal)”), which is derived from the noun.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To strike with the fists; to punch.
    • Leave this place before I box you!
    • to box someone’s ears
    • Mrs. Reed soon rallied her spirits: she shook me most soundly, she boxed both my ears, and then left me without a word. 1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter IV, in Jane Eyre. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, pages 42–43:
  2. (transitive) To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.
  3. (intransitive, stative) To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.

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Deriveds

boxercise (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 3)) · BoxAerobics (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 3)) · box oneself into a corner (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 3)) · boxer (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 3)) · cage box (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 3)) · box someone's ears (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 3)) · boxiana (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 3)) · box clever (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 3)) · boxing (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 3)) · kickbox (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 3)) · shadowbox (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 3)) · boxaerobics (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 3)) · box it out (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 3)) · box on (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 3)) · out-box (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 3)) · Boxer (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 3)) · box the Jesuit (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 3)) · shadow-box (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 3)) · box-on (Terms derived from box (verb, etymology 3))

Descendants

boxear · boxear · boxer · boxen · boxar · boxear

Translations (83)

da bokse (med) (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · el γρονθοκοπώ (to strike with the fists) · pl boksować (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · nrf boxer (to strike with the fists) · ka კრივი (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · zh 耳光 (to strike with the fists) · sv boxas (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · zh 鬥拳 /斗拳 (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · chr ᏓᏓᏛᏂᎭ (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · fi iskeä (to strike with the fists) · gd bocsaig (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · ga dornáil (to strike with the fists) · bg боксирам се (to participate in boxing) · grc πυκτεύω (to participate in boxing) · sk boxovať (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · ga dornáil (to participate in boxing) · cy paffio (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · pt boxear (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · sk udrieť (to strike with the fists) · mk бо́ксува (to strike with the fists) · th ชก (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · es boxear (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · da slå på (to strike with the fists) · nrf boxer (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · qu takay (to strike with the fists) · pt socar (to strike with the fists) · sk boxovať (to participate in boxing) · zh 参加拳击比赛 (to participate in boxing) · ty moto (to strike with the fists) · mi moto (to strike with the fists) · haw mokomoko (to strike with the fists) · da bokse (to participate in boxing) · sv boxa (to strike with the fists) · el πυγμαχώ (to participate in boxing) · nl boksen (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · af boks (to strike with the fists) · zh 參加拳擊比賽 /参加拳击比赛 (to participate in boxing) · gd bocsaig (to participate in boxing) · es boxear (to participate in boxing) · ru отту́зить (to strike with the fists) · fi nyrkkeillä (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · cy bocsio (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · mi motomoto (to strike with the fists) · gd buail (to strike with the fists) · fr boxer (to strike with the fists) · it boxare (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · th ต่อย (to strike with the fists) · fi lyödä nyrkillä (to strike with the fists) · pl boksować (to strike with the fists) · pt boxear (to participate in boxing) · cs uhodit (to strike with the fists) · ar لَكَمَ (to strike with the fists) · it boxare (to strike with the fists) · mi momoto (to strike with the fists) · zh(to strike with the fists) · grc πυκτεύω (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · mi mekemeke (to strike with the fists) · bg боксирам (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · de boxen (to strike with the fists) · fi nyrkkeillä (to participate in boxing) · bg удрям с юмрук (to strike with the fists) · chr ᏓᏓᏛᏂᎭ (to strike with the fists) · ga dornáil (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · he התאגרף (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · el πυγμαχώ (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · mi motomoto (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · haw moko (to strike with the fists) · mk бо́ксува (to participate in boxing) · fr boxer (to participate in boxing) · mi meke (to strike with the fists) · sk zbiť (to strike with the fists) · cs boxovat (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · zh 斗拳 (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · is boxa (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · th ชก (to strike with the fists) · ca boxejar (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · de boxen (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · cy cwffio (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · ru ту́зить (to strike with the fists) · ca boxar (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · fr boxer (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) · fa بوکس زدن (to strike with the fists) · cs boxovat (to participate in boxing)

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box en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • (US) audio
  • /bɒks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • bäks (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /bɑks/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Latin bōx, from Ancient Greek βῶξ (bôx, “box (marine fish)”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye, view”), a reference to the large size of the fish's eyes relative to its body.

Meanings

  1. (dated) A Mediterranean food fish of the genus Boops, which is a variety of sea bream; a bogue or oxeye.
    • BOX. Box (Boops), […] In both jaws a single anterior series of broad incisors, notched at the cutting margin; no molars. 1859, Albert Günther, “Fam. 7. SPARIDÆ”, in Catalogue of Acanthopterygian Fishes in the Collection of the British Museum, volume I (Gasterosteidæ, Berycidæ, Percidæ, Aphredoderidæ, Pristipomatidæ, Mullidæ, Sparidæ), London: Printed [by Taylor and Francis] by order of the trustees [of the British Museum], →OCLC, page 418:
    • The Bogue. […] Box or Boops. Generic Character.—Body elongated, rounded, the dorsal and ventral profiles alike, and the general aspect peculiarly trim. 1860, William Yarrell, “The Bogue”, in John Richardson, editor, Second Supplement to the First Edition of the History of British Fishes, […], London: John Van Voorst, […], →OCLC, page 6:
    • BOGUE. BOX. OXEYE. […] In some parts of the European side of the Mediterranean the Bogue is a common fish, and where it frequents it is in great abundance. 1862, Jonathan Couch, A History of the Fishes of the British Islands, volume I, London: Groombridge and Sons, […], →OCLC, page 225:

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