box
/bɑks/ noun A1- A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
- A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container. · a box of books
- A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.
- A compartment or receptacle for receiving items. · post box post office box
- A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements; see also box number.
- A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.
- The driver’s seat on a horse-drawn coach.
- A small rectangular shelter. · sentry-box
Plural boxes
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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But he at once unlocked their spectacles, which he put back into the green box, and gave them many good wishes to carry with them.
You seemed to me to come out of the floor like a jack-in-a-box.”
It would fit into any box.
Cecil Barker pointed to a box of brass-headed nails upon the mantelpiece.
Other matches
- box To place inside a box B2
- box To strike with the fists C2
- box A blow with the fist. C2
- box A Mediterranean food fish of the genus Boops, w... C2
- box Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of gen... C2
- box in To enclose by drawing a box around.
- box off To turn the head of a vessel either way by brac...
- box out To position oneself between an opposition playe...
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