Below, we have different definitions or meanings of the word box. These different definitions are grouped based on the different parts of speech. You will also find examples for every definition if available
Noun: Nouns are words that represent people, places, things, or ideas.
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US: /bɒks/
Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space
Verb: Verbs are action words that describe actions or states.
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US: /bɒks/
To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.
Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.
To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.
To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.
To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.
To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.
To place a value of a primitive type into a corresponding object.
Noun: Nouns are words that represent people, places, things, or ideas.
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Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus Buxus, especially the common box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary.
The wood from a box tree: boxwood.
A musical instrument, especially one made from boxwood.
An evergreen tree of the genus Lophostemon (for example, the box scrub, Brisbane box, brush box, pink box, or Queensland box, Lophostemon confertus).
Various species of Eucalyptus trees are popularly called various kinds of boxes, on the basis of the nature of their wood, bark, or appearance for example, the drooping (Eucalyptus bicolor), shiny-leaved (Eucalyptus tereticornis), black, or ironbark box trees.
Noun: Nouns are words that represent people, places, things, or ideas.
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A blow with the fist.
Verb: Verbs are action words that describe actions or states.
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To strike with the fists; to punch.
Leave this place before I box you!
To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.
To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.
Noun: Nouns are words that represent people, places, things, or ideas.
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A Mediterranean food fish of the genus Boops, which is a variety of sea bream; a bogue or oxeye.
Synonyms and Antonyms
Synonyms: computer, machine, TV, telly, tube, boxful, loge, case, package, box seat, text box, cup, shelter
Synonyms: box up, case, embox, encase, pack, pack up, package
Antonyms: unbox, uncase, unpack
Synonyms: blow, cuff, punch