box
Noun
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is a type of: container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)subtypes:
- ballot box - a box where voters deposit their ballots
- bandbox - a light cylindrical box for holding light articles of attire (especially hats)
- carton - a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top
- casket, jewel casket - small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables
- cereal box - a paper box in which breakfast cereals are sold
- chest - box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy
- cigar box - a box for holding cigars
- casket, coffin - box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
- crate - a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping
- flat - a shallow box in which seedlings are started
- hod - an open box attached to a long pole handle; bricks or mortar are carried on the shoulder
- letter box, mailbox - a private box for delivery of mail
- matchbox - a box for holding matches
- paintbox - a box containing a collection of cubes or tubes of artists' paint
- pencil box, pencil case - a box for holding pencils
- play-box, playbox - a box for a child's toys and personal things (especially at a boarding school)
- alms box, mite box, poor box - box for collecting alms, especially one in a church
- pyxis - a small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines
- shadow box - a shallow rectangular box with a transparent front used to protect and display small items (jewelry, coins, etc.)
- shoebox - an oblong rectangular (usually cardboard) box designed to hold a pair of shoes
- snuffbox - a small ornamental box for carrying snuff in your pocket
- deedbox, strongbox - a strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked
- tinderbox - a box for holding tinder
- tuck box - a box for storing eatables (especially at boarding school)
- window box - a long narrow box for growing plants on a windowsill
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is a type of: compartment - a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed areasubtypes: skybox - an elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadiumhas: box seat - a special seat in a theater or grandstand boxis a part of: balcony - an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditoriumsame as: loge
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is a type of: containerful - the quantity that a container will holdsame as: boxful
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is a type of: plight, predicament, quandary - a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying onesame as: corner
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is a type of: rectangle - a parallelogram with four right angles
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subtypes: buxus sempervirens, common box, european box - large slow-growing evergreen shrub or small tree with multiple stems; extensively used for hedges or borders and topiary figuresbelongs to: buxus, genus buxus - type genus of the Buxaceaesubstance holonym: boxwood, turkish boxwood - very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blockssame as: boxwood
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is a type of: area - a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or functionsubtypes: batter's box - an area on a baseball diamond (on either side of home plate) marked by lines within which the batter must stand when at bat
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is a type of: seat - furniture that is designed for sitting onis a part of: coach, coach-and-four, four-in-hand - a carriage pulled by four horses with one driversame as: box seat
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is a type of: compartment - a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed areasubtypes:
- jury box - an enclosure within a courtroom for the jury
- press box - box reserved for reporters (as at a sports event)
- witness box, witness stand - a box enclosure for a witness when testifying
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is a type of: blow - a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon
Verb
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same as: package
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is a type of: hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
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subtypes:
- spar - box lightly
- prizefight - box for a prize or money
- shadowbox - go through boxing motions without an opponent
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