Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In mining, a method of securing shafts solely by slabs and wooden pegs.
- noun Nautical, a square piece of dry hard wood used in connecting the frame-timbers of a ship.
- noun One of the cases on each side of a window into which the inside shutters are folded.
- noun plural The sides of a window-frame where the weights hang.
- noun plural Among millers, coarse flour separated in the process of bolting.
- noun The process of fitting a piece of wood to receive a tenon.
- noun The giving of a box or present, as at Christmas. See
boxing-day . - noun The act or practice of fighting with the fists, with or without boxing-gloves; sparring.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of fighting with the fist; a combat with the fist; sparring; pugilism.
- noun a large padded mitten or glove used in sparring for exercise or amusement.
- noun The act of inclosing (anything) in a box, as for storage or transportation.
- noun Material used in making boxes or casings.
- noun Any boxlike inclosure or recess; a casing.
- noun (Arch.) The external case of thin material used to bring any member to a required form.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
box . - noun sports A sport where two opponents punch each other with
gloved fists , the object being to score more points by the end of the match or byknockout , ortechnical knockout . - noun Material used for making boxes or casing.
- noun construction
Casing . - noun programming Automatical conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a
heap -allocated reference type. - verb Present participle of
box .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun fighting with the fists
- noun the enclosure of something in a package or box
Etymologies
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Examples
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BOX NYC will be holding a "massive social boxing event" tomorrow night which apparently entails poker, models, and, you guessed it smart guys, boxing**, all broadcast on ESPN2 (so let's just get this out there now-only the camera ready should read on).
Dealbreaker 2009
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My interest in boxing is mainly historical --- I like to read books like Tosches ', but I've never followed the game in real time.
Liston vs. Ali 2008
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I began to search my dictionary for the translation to pelea, which is what we called a boxing match in Cuba.
Learning to Die in Miami Carlos Eire 2010
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“I should well know how to explain, were these fists clenched, and were the hall dedicated to the pancration, which we call boxing; but as even these helpless Greeks use not their hands without their fingers being closed, by St. George I can make out nothing of their meaning.”
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How about if Manny win the fight, are you going to say that Oscar is faded fighter too (knowing that majority of what you call a boxing expert like you keep on saying that it is a mismatch)?
Doghouse Boxing News 2008
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_pancration_, which we call boxing; but as even these helpless
Waverley Novels — Volume 12 Walter Scott 1801
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CNN: Wife held in boxing champ's killing in Brazil
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There were more superstars in boxing, Leonard said.
Greats Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns discuss Mayweather-Mosley 2010
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James Anderson sustained broken rib in boxing match?
Andrew Strauss endorses England's pre-Ashes 'boot camp' in Germany Barney Ronay 2010
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Whitaker's expertise in boxing and Jack's knowledge of how to get stories sold.
THE GAME 2010
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