Meaning Of The Word Box

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box
countable noun: A box is a square or rectangular container with hard or stiff sides. Boxes often have lids.

box in American English 1
noun: a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover

box in American English 2
intransitive verb: to fight with the fists; participate in a boxing match; spar
noun: a blow, as with the hand or fist
transitive verb: to strike with the hand or fist, esp. on the ear

box in American English 3
noun: 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

box in American English 4
transitive verb: to boxhaul

box in British English 1
noun: a receptacle or container made of wood, cardboard, etc, usually rectangular and having a removable or hinged lid

box in British English 2
noun: a punch with the fist, esp on the ear
verb: to fight (an opponent) in a boxing match

box in British English 3
noun: a dense slow-growing evergreen tree or shrub of the genus Buxus, esp B. sempervirens, which has small shiny leaves and is used for hedges, borders, and garden mazes: family Buxaceae

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