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boxable en · ADJ

Etymology

From box + -able.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Capable of, or suitable for, placing in a box.
    • On the other hand, it has been said, and probably without exaggeration, that the average crop of apples grown in commercial orchards in this country does not include more than 15 per cent, of fruit of boxable quality. 1922, Great Britain. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, The Journal of the Ministry of Agriculture: Volume 29
  2. (not-comparable, qualifier:fighting) boxfightable, punchable
    • Some people are more easily boxable than others.

Deriveds

unboxable