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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
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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Slang Dictionary
(squeeze-)box

  1. n.
    an accordion. (See also groan box.) : My brother plays the squeeze-box—not very well, but who can tell? , The band consisted of drums, clarinet, and a box. A real winner.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

box  (n.2.)
"a blow," c.1300, of uncertain origin, possibly related to M.Du. boke, M.H.G. buc and Dan. bask, all meaning "a blow," perhaps imitative. The verb meaning "to fight with the fists" is from 1567. Boxing as a sport is first recorded 1711.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

box

The physical location in which brokerage firms and banks place securities for safekeeping. See also free box, open box.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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