Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Resembling a box, especially in simplicity or rectangularity.
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- adjective
Box -like or box-shaped.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective resembling a box in rectangularity
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Examples
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Admittedly it’s a strange idea to build a book around, but ultimately the project is beautifully executed in boxy paperback form.
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Admittedly it’s a strange idea to build a book around, but ultimately the project is beautifully executed in boxy paperback form.
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Now that people are accustomed to even TV shows like Lost being shot in widescreen and of course so many people own widescreen TVs, knuckleheads are going back and screwing around with classic shows like this shot in the "boxy" 4: 3 ratio so that they can "fill up" a widescreen TV.
Michael Giltz: DVDs: Scott Pilgrim ! Bing ! Sherlock ! And More! Michael Giltz 2010
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Now that people are accustomed to even TV shows like Lost being shot in widescreen and of course so many people own widescreen TVs, knuckleheads are going back and screwing around with classic shows like this shot in the "boxy" 4:3 ratio so that they can "fill up" a widescreen TV.
Michael Giltz: DVDs: Scott Pilgrim ! Bing ! Sherlock ! And More! Michael Giltz 2010
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RODRIGUEZ: It was early '80s, maybe late' 70s, kind of boxy, a sedan, and tan in color.
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I keep using the word "boxy," as if it were the most terrifying thing to happen to architecture.
Archive 2009-06-01 Dodie Bellamy 2009
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I keep using the word "boxy," as if it were the most terrifying thing to happen to architecture.
Post #100!!! On L. Frank Baum and Gentrification Dodie Bellamy 2009
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Such a feature, which astronomers call a "boxy" or "peanut-shaped" bulge, is due to the vertical motions of the stars in the galaxy's bar and is only evident when the galaxy is seen edge-on.
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He only fits in clothes that look "boxy," and boxy looks so wrong right now.
"The man of the moment is an urchin, a wraith or an underfed runt." Ann Althouse 2008
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Despite its size, it felt kind of boxy and cold, its living-room area halved by a wide empty corridor-like space leading to sliding doors and a small outdoor patio.
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