Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
A terrible voice in the hall cried, "Bring down Master Scrooge's box, there!" and in the hall appeared the schoolmaster himself, who glared on Master Scrooge with a ferocious condescension, and threw him into a dreadful state of mind by shaking hands with him.
Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space
Place a tick in the box.
Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of genus Buxus, especially common box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary.
And no maruell. For, the leaues of Boxe be deletorious, poiſonous, deadlie, and to the bodie of man very noiſome, dangerous and peſtilent[…]
The wood from a box tree: boxwood.
Nevertheless, the application of woods other than box for purposes for which that wood is now used would tend to lessen the demand for box, and thus might have an effect in lowering its price.
A Mediterranean food fish of the genus Boops, which is a variety of sea bream; a bogue or oxeye.
BOX. Box (Boops), […] In both jaws a single anterior series of broad incisors, notched at the cutting margin; no molars.
To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.
Scrapbooks that have enduring value in their original form should be individually boxed in custom-fitted boxes.
A surname.
The 10-inch increase forecast in the new study, which does not give a timeline, could be much higher if temperatures continue to rise, as they almost certainly will, said Jason Box, a glaciologist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland who was the paper’s lead author.
A village in Minchinhampton parish, south of Stroud, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8600).
A village and civil parish near Corsham, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8268).
Etymology tree Ancient Greek πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos) Ancient Greek -ις (-is) Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís)bor. Late Latin buxisbor. Proto-West Germanic *buhsā Old English box Middle English box English box From...
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Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.
A large majority of children seem to delight in emotionally boxing in their parents—setting the double-bind trap by giving the parent two choices but determining ahead of time that neither choice will be sufficient for their satisfaction.
To strike with the fists; to punch.
to box someone’s ears