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box

1  [boks]
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–noun
1. a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover.
2. the quantity contained in a box: She bought a box of candy as a gift.
3. Chiefly British. a gift or present: a Christmas box.
4. post-office box.
5. 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.
b. a telephone booth.
c. a wardrobe trunk.
9. box stall.
10. the driver's seat on a coach.
11. the section of a wagon in which passengers or parcels are carried.
12. Automotive. the section of a truck in which cargo is carried.
13. the box, Informal. television: Are there any good shows on the box tonight?
14. part of a page of a newspaper or periodical set off in some manner, as by lines, a border, or white space.
15. any enclosing, protective case or housing, sometimes including its contents: a gear box; a fire-alarm box.
16. Baseball.
a. either of two marked spaces, one on each side of the plate, in which the batter stands.
b. either of two marked spaces, one outside of first base and the other outside of third, where the coaches stand.
c. the pitcher's mound.
d. the marked space where the catcher stands.
17. a difficult situation; predicament.
18. Agriculture. a bowl or pit cut in the side of a tree for collecting sap.
19. Jazz Slang.
a. a stringed instrument, as a guitar.
b. a piano.
20. Informal.
a. a phonograph.
b. a boom box.
c. a computer.
21. Slang. a coffin.
22. Slang: Vulgar.
a. the vulva or vagina.
b. basket (def. 9).
–verb (used with object)
23. 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, Australian Slang. remarkable or exceptional; extraordinary.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME, OE, prob. < LL buxis, a reshaping of L pyxis; see boîte

Related forms:
boxlike, adjective

box

2  [boks]
–noun
1. a blow, as with the hand or fist: He gave the boy a box on his ear.
–verb (used with object)
2. to strike with the hand or fist, esp. on the ear.
3. to fight against (someone) in a boxing match.
–verb (used without object)
4. to fight with the fists; participate in a boxing match; spar.
5. to be a professional or experienced prizefighter or boxer: He has boxed since he was 16.
Origin:
1300–50; ME box a blow, boxen to beat, of uncert. orig.

box

4  [boks]
–verb (used with object)
1. Nautical. to boxhaul (often fol. by off).
2. Meteorology. to fly around the center of a storm in a boxlike pattern in order to gather meteorological data: to box a storm.
—Idiom
3. box the compass, Nautical. to recite all of the points of the compass in a clockwise order.
Origin:
1745–55; prob. < Sp bojar to sail around, earlier boxar, perh. < Catalan vogir to (cause to) turn ≪ L volvere (see revolve ); influenced by box 1
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box 1   (bŏks)   
n.  
    1. A container typically constructed with four sides perpendicular to the base and often having a lid or cover.
    2. The amount or quantity that such a container can hold.
    3. A separated compartment in a public place of entertainment, such as a theater or stadium, for the accommodation of a small group.
    4. 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.
    5. An area on a diamond marked by lines designating where the batter may stand.
    6. Any of various designated areas for other team members, such as the pitcher, catcher, and coaches.
    7. An inbox.
    8. An outbox.
    9. An insulating, enclosing, or protective casing or part in a machine.
    10. A signaling device enclosed in a casing: an alarm box.
    11. Informal A television.
    12. A very large portable radio.
  2. A square or rectangle: Draw a box around your answer.
    1. A separated compartment in a public place of entertainment, such as a theater or stadium, for the accommodation of a small group.
    2. 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.
    3. An area on a diamond marked by lines designating where the batter may stand.
    4. Any of various designated areas for other team members, such as the pitcher, catcher, and coaches.
    5. An inbox.
    6. An outbox.
    7. An insulating, enclosing, or protective casing or part in a machine.
    8. A signaling device enclosed in a casing: an alarm box.
    9. Informal A television.
    10. A very large portable radio.
  4. A small structure serving as a shelter: a sentry box.
  5. Chiefly British A small country house used as a sporting lodge: a shooting box.
  6. A box stall.
  7. The raised seat for the driver of a coach or carriage.
  8. Baseball
    1. An area on a diamond marked by lines designating where the batter may stand.
    2. Any of various designated areas for other team members, such as the pitcher, catcher, and coaches.
    3. An inbox.
    4. An outbox.
    5. An insulating, enclosing, or protective casing or part in a machine.
    6. A signaling device enclosed in a casing: an alarm box.
    7. Informal A television.
    8. A very large portable radio.
  9. Sports A penalty box.
  10. Printing Featured printed matter enclosed by hairlines, a border, or white space and placed within or between text columns.
  11. A hollow made in the side of a tree for the collection of sap.
  12. A post office box.
    1. An inbox.
    2. An outbox.
    3. An insulating, enclosing, or protective casing or part in a machine.
    4. A signaling device enclosed in a casing: an alarm box.
    5. Informal A television.
    6. A very large portable radio.
    1. An insulating, enclosing, or protective casing or part in a machine.
    2. A signaling device enclosed in a casing: an alarm box.
    3. Informal A television.
    4. A very large portable radio.
  15. A cable box.
    1. Informal A television.
    2. A very large portable radio.
  17. Chiefly British A gift or gratuity, especially one given at Christmas.
  18. An awkward or perplexing situation; a predicament.
  19. Vulgar Slang The vulva and the vagina.
tr.v.   boxed, box·ing, box·es
  1. To pack in a box.
  2. To confine in or as if in a box.
  3. To border or enclose with or as if with a box: Key sections of the report are boxed off.
  4. To provide a housing or case for (a machine part, for example).
    1. 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.
    2. 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.
  6. Nautical To boxhaul.
  7. To cut a hole in (a tree) for the collection of sap.
  8. To blend (paint) by pouring alternately between two containers.
  9. 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.
  1. To hit with the hand or fist.
  2. Sports To take part in a boxing match with.
v.   intr.
To fight with the fists or in a boxing match.

[Middle English.]
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boxed

comments n. Comments (explanatory notes attached to program instructions) that occupy several lines by themselves; so called because in assembler and C code they are often surrounded by a box in a style something like this:

/************************************************* * * This is a boxed comment in C style * *************************************************/ Common variants of this style omit the asterisks in column 2 or add a matching row of asterisks closing the right side of the box. The sparest variant omits all but the comment delimiters themselves; the `box' is implied. Oppose winged comments.
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