a compartment or section in a public place, shut or railed off for the accommodation of a small number of people, esp. in a theater, opera house, sports stadium, etc.
6.
a small enclosure or area in a courtroom, for witnesses or the jury.
7.
a small shelter: a sentry's box.
8.
British.
a.
a small house, cabin, or cottage, as for use while hunting: a shooting box.
to put into a box: She boxed the glassware before the movers came.
24.
to enclose or confine as in a box (often fol. by in or up).
25.
to furnish with a box.
26.
to form into a box or the shape of a box.
27.
to block so as to keep from passing or achieving better position (often fol. by in): The Ferrari was boxed in by two other cars on the tenth lap.
28.
to group together for consideration as one unit: to box bills in the legislature.
29.
Building Trades. to enclose or conceal (a building or structure) as with boarding.
30.
Agriculture. to make a hole or cut in (a tree) for sap to collect.
31.
to mix (paint, varnish, or the like) by pouring from one container to another and back again.
32.
Australian.
a.
to mix groups of sheep that should be kept separated.
b.
to confuse someone or something.
—Verb phrase
33.
box out, Basketball. to position oneself between an opposing player and the basket to hinder the opposing player from rebounding or tipping in a shot; block out.
—Idiom
34.
out of the box, AustralianSlang. remarkable or exceptional; extraordinary.
Origin: bef. 1000; ME, OE, prob. < LL buxis, a reshaping of L pyxis;see boîte
an evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Buxus, esp. B. sempervirens, having shiny, elliptic, dark-green leaves, used for ornamental borders, hedges, etc., and yielding a hard, durable wood.
A container typically constructed with four sides perpendicular to the base and often having a lid or cover.
The amount or quantity that such a container can hold.
A separated compartment in a public place of entertainment, such as a theater or stadium, for the accommodation of a small group.
An area of a public place, such as a courtroom or stadium, marked off and restricted for use by persons performing a specific function: a jury box.
An area on a diamond marked by lines designating where the batter may stand.
Any of various designated areas for other team members, such as the pitcher, catcher, and coaches.
An inbox.
An outbox.
An insulating, enclosing, or protective casing or part in a machine.
A signaling device enclosed in a casing: an alarm box.
Informal A television.
A very large portable radio.
A square or rectangle: Draw a box around your answer.
A separated compartment in a public place of entertainment, such as a theater or stadium, for the accommodation of a small group.
An area of a public place, such as a courtroom or stadium, marked off and restricted for use by persons performing a specific function: a jury box.
An area on a diamond marked by lines designating where the batter may stand.
Any of various designated areas for other team members, such as the pitcher, catcher, and coaches.
An inbox.
An outbox.
An insulating, enclosing, or protective casing or part in a machine.
A signaling device enclosed in a casing: an alarm box.
Informal A television.
A very large portable radio.
A small structure serving as a shelter: a sentry box.
Chiefly British A small country house used as a sporting lodge: a shooting box.
A box stall.
The raised seat for the driver of a coach or carriage.
Baseball
An area on a diamond marked by lines designating where the batter may stand.
Any of various designated areas for other team members, such as the pitcher, catcher, and coaches.
An inbox.
An outbox.
An insulating, enclosing, or protective casing or part in a machine.
A signaling device enclosed in a casing: an alarm box.
Informal A television.
A very large portable radio.
Sports A penalty box.
Printing Featured printed matter enclosed by hairlines, a border, or white space and placed within or between text columns.
A hollow made in the side of a tree for the collection of sap.
A post office box.
An inbox.
An outbox.
An insulating, enclosing, or protective casing or part in a machine.
A signaling device enclosed in a casing: an alarm box.
Informal A television.
A very large portable radio.
An insulating, enclosing, or protective casing or part in a machine.
A signaling device enclosed in a casing: an alarm box.
Informal A television.
A very large portable radio.
A cable box.
Informal A television.
A very large portable radio.
Chiefly British A gift or gratuity, especially one given at Christmas.
An awkward or perplexing situation; a predicament.
Vulgar Slang The vulva and the vagina.
tr.v.
boxed, box·ing, box·es
To pack in a box.
To confine in or as if in a box.
To border or enclose with or as if with a box: Key sections of the report are boxed off.
To provide a housing or case for (a machine part, for example).
To limit the activity or influence of by or as if by creating a restrictive structure or outlining a territory: The legislature was boxed in by its earlier decisions.
Sports To block (a competitor or opponent) from advancing, especially to hinder an opponent from getting a rebound in basketball by placing oneself between the opponent and the basket: was boxed out by the tallest player on the team; was boxed in on the homestretch.
Nautical To boxhaul.
To cut a hole in (a tree) for the collection of sap.
To blend (paint) by pouring alternately between two containers.
To change the shape of (a structure, such as a wall) by applying lath and plaster or boarding.
[Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin buxis, from Greek puxis, from puxos, box tree.]
box 2 (bŏks) n. A slap or blow with the hand or fist: a box on the ear. v.
boxed, box·ing, box·es
v.
tr.
To hit with the hand or fist.
Sports To take part in a boxing match with.
v.
intr. To fight with the fists or in a boxing match.
[Middle English.]
box 3 (bŏks) n.
pl.box or box·es
Any of several evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus Buxus, especially the Eurasian species B. sempervirens, having opposite, leathery, simple leaves and clusters of unisexual flowers. It is widely grown as a hedge plant.
The hard, light yellow wood of these plants, used to make musical instruments, rulers, inlays, and engraving blocks.
Any of several other shrubs or trees with similar foliage or timber.
[Middle English, from Old English, from Latin buxus, from Greek puxos.]
boxcomputer 1. A computer; especially in the construction "foo box" where foo is some functional qualifier, like "graphics", or the name of an operating system (thus, "Unix box", "MS-DOS box", etc.) "We preprocess the data on Unix boxes before handing it up to the mainframe." The plural "boxen" is sometimes seen. 2. Without qualification in an IBMSNA site, "box" refers specifically to an IBMfront-end processor. [The Jargon File] (1994-11-29)
for holding oil or perfumery (Mark 14:3). It was of the form of a flask or bottle. The Hebrew word (pak) used for it is more appropriately rendered "vial" in 1 Sam. 10:1, and should also be so rendered in 2 Kings 9:1, where alone else it occurs.
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