Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A slap or blow with the hand or fist.
- intransitive verb To hit with the hand or fist.
- intransitive verb Sports To take part in a boxing match with.
- intransitive verb To fight with the fists or in a boxing match.
- noun Any of several evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus Buxus, especially the Eurasian species B. sempervirens, widely cultivated as a hedge plant and having opposite, leathery, dark green leaves and small whitish flowers.
- noun The hard, light yellow wood of any of these plants, formerly widely used to make musical instruments, inlays, engraving blocks, and measuring instruments.
- noun Any of various other shrubs or trees with similar foliage or timber, especially several types of eucalyptus.
- noun A container typically constructed with four sides perpendicular to the base and often having a lid or cover.
- noun The amount or quantity that such a container can hold.
- noun A square or rectangle.
- noun A separated compartment in a public place of entertainment, such as a theater or stadium, for the accommodation of a small group.
- noun An area of a public place, such as a courtroom or stadium, marked off and restricted for use by persons performing a specific function.
- noun A small structure serving as a shelter.
- noun Chiefly British A small country house used as a sporting lodge.
- noun A box stall.
- noun The raised seat for the driver of a coach or carriage.
- noun An area on a diamond marked by lines designating where the batter may stand.
- noun Any of various designated areas for other team members, such as the pitcher, catcher, and coaches.
- noun A penalty box.
- noun The penalty area on a soccer field.
- noun Printing Featured printed matter enclosed by hairlines, a border, or white space and placed within or between text columns.
- noun A hollow made in the side of a tree for the collection of sap.
- noun A post office box.
- noun An inbox.
- noun An outbox.
- noun An insulating, enclosing, or protective casing or part in a machine.
- noun A signaling device enclosed in a casing.
- noun A cable box.
- noun Informal A television.
- noun A very large portable radio.
- noun Chiefly British A gift or gratuity, especially one given at Christmas.
- noun An awkward or perplexing situation; a predicament.
- noun Vulgar Slang The vulva and the vagina.
- transitive verb To pack in a box.
- transitive verb To confine in or as if in a box.
- transitive verb To border or enclose with or as if with a box.
- transitive verb To provide a housing or case for (a machine part, for example).
- transitive verb To limit the activity or influence of by or as if by creating a restrictive structure or outlining a territory.
- transitive verb Sports To block (a competitor or opponent) from advancing, especially to hinder an opponent from getting a rebound in basketball by placing oneself between the opponent and the basket.
- transitive verb Nautical To boxhaul.
- transitive verb To cut a hole in (a tree) for the collection of sap.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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OpEdNews - Quicklink: US envoy: Iraq war opened 'Pandora's box,' civil war threat 2006
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The housekeeper vows that he never left his glass box at the foot of the stairs from the time Samuel went upstairs first to the time when he came down again, vastly agitated, at a quarter-past one, and sent a message; and during all that time _Denson never passed the box_!
The Red Triangle Being Some Further Chronicles of Martin Hewitt, Investigator Arthur Morrison 1904
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“o wait… is just cardbored boks…” *kittehs turn over box and look inside. a loud SPLORT sound can be heard from inside the box*
snaaaaaaaaaaaaake!!! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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In the title box, put your dream profession or dream title.
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In the title box, put your dream profession or dream title.
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In the title box, put your dream profession or dream title.
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The title box looks a little thrown together and not incorporated into the artwork, like the earlier ones, plus the credit box is much smaller than usual, as if the left hand panel has been shrunk down to fit in a smaller space.
Archive 2008-08-01 rob! 2008
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» What do YOU do when your in box is empty? from The healthcare marketer
Done. 2006
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Just move up from the title box a little bit and you will find the right place to click.
THE BLACK DIAMOND AiT/Planet Lar Comics, 2007 David Campbell 2007
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That's how this family grows: we lure them in with pretty words, and then BAM - we correct their grammar, ask them not to type in the title box and mock them when they write in all-caps.
Pounding The Rock LatinD 2010
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Employing a burlesque prop, the gazeeka box, he would select a young man from the audience, someone who claimed to be seeking the “perfect woman.” He’d bring the man onstage and ask him to describe his ideal. Then with music, lights, and a waft of smoke, he’d abracadabra her into the box, pull the curtain, and out she’d step, to great applause.
THE GAZEEKA BOX 2018
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For the first time on Blu-ray in the UK, featuring new restorations and scores, viewers can experience 10 of the cinematic legend’s early masterworks. From the silent film era to the first talkies, the 11-disc Blu-ray box set also contains a newly commissioned documentary, BECOMING HITCHCOCK, exploring the director’s first sound picture BLACKMAIL, plus a 64-page booklet and poster.
Hitchcock: The Beginning - Studiocanal celebrates Hitchcock's early work with a new Blu-ray box set Neil Baker 2025
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it's an 11 volume box set of hardcovers of Avengers stories, plus a cloth poster/banner in a nice display box.
Avengers Earth's Mightest Box Set CollectorCube 2025
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You also asked about “gazeeka box,” a term that turns up many times in The G-String Murders. The gazeeka box in the novel is a coffin-like prop used in the burlesque house. (Naturally, a body is discovered in it!)
The Grammarphobia Blog: A gazeeka box and a green-fedora guy Pat and Stewart 2015
Prolagus commented on the word box
It's getting cold, I'll catch the bus
I saw my friend when she's finished working
Get some fish and chips
What's on the box?
'Man about the house' with Paula Wilcox.
(Photo Jenny, by Belle and Sebastian)
December 31, 2008