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boxed en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /bɒkst/ (UK)
  • bäkst (UK)
  • /ˈbɑːkst/ (UK)

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Packed into a box or boxes.
    • The books are boxed, ready for shipping.
  2. (not-comparable) In bridge and other card games if the cards in a pack are reversed face-up and face-down then the pack is said to be boxed.
  3. (not-comparable) Of domesticated animals, discrete flocks or herds having become mixed, either accidentally or deliberately. (Aust. OED)

Deriveds

boxed shutters · autoboxed · boxed set

Synonyms

packed · packaged · boxed up

boxed en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /bɒkst/ (UK)
  • bäkst (UK)
  • /ˈbɑːkst/ (UK)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of box
    form of box