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ALL meanings of box

box
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  • verb without object box to fight with the fists; participate in a boxing match; spar. 1
  • verb without object box to be a professional or experienced prizefighter or boxer: He has boxed since he was 16. 1
  • noun box A cuboid space; a container, usually with a hinged lid. 0
  • noun box As much as fills a such a container. 0
  • noun box A compartment of a storage furniture, or of a part of such a furniture, such as of a drawer, shelving, etc. 0
  • noun box A compartment to sit in at a theater, courtroom or auditorium. 0
  • noun box A small rectangular shelter like a booth. 0
  • noun box A rectangle. 0
  • noun box An input field on an interactive electronic display. 0
  • noun box A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements. 0
  • noun box A trap or predicament. 0
  • noun box The driver's seat on a coach. 0
  • noun box (cricket)  A hard protector for the genitals worn by a batsman or close fielder inside the underpants. 0
  • noun box (engineering)  A cylindrical casing around for example a bearing or gland. 0
  • noun box (soccer)  The penalty area. 0
  • noun box (Slang) (computing) SLA  A computer, or the case in which it is housed. usage syn. transl. 0
  • noun box (Slang) (with the)  Television. 0
  • noun box (Slang) (offensive)  The vagina. 0
  • noun box (euphemistic)  Coffin. 0
  • noun box (juggling)  A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape. 0
  • noun box Horse box. 0
  • noun box (baseball) The rectangle in which the batter stands. 0
  • noun box A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue. 0
  • noun box (dated) A small country house. 0
  • noun box (Informal) box lacrosse. 0
  • noun box (genetics) One of two specific regions in a promoter. 0
  • noun box Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus Buxus. 0
  • noun box Boxwood: the wood from a box tree. 0
  • noun box (Australia) Species of Lophostemon. 0
  • noun box (Slang) A musical instrument, especially/usually one made from boxwood. 0
  • noun box A blow with the fist. 0
  • verb box (Transitive Verb) To place inside a box; to pack in boxes. 0
  • verb box (Transitive Verb) (usually with 'in') To hem in. 0
  • verb box (Transitive Verb) (computing) To place a value of a primitive type into a corresponding object. 0
  • verb box (Transitive Verb) To mix two containers of paint of similar color to ensure that the color is identical. 0
  • verb box (Transitive Verb) To furnish (e.g. a wheel) with boxes. 0
  • verb box (architecture) To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to bring to a required form. 0
  • verb box (Transitive Verb) To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap. 0
  • verb box (Transitive Verb) To strike with fists; to punch. 0
  • verb box (Transitive Verb) To fight against (a person) in a boxing match. 0
  • verb box (Intransitive Verb) To participate in boxing; to be a boxer. 0
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