box

Meaning

Noun

1. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
2. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
3. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
4. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
5. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
6. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
7. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
8. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
11. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
12. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
13. (figuratively) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
14. (slang) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
15. (slang) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
16. (euphemistic) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
17. (slang) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
18. (slang, vulgar) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
19. (slang) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
20. (slang) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
21. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
22. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
23. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
24. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
25. (dated) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
26. (Southern-US, colloquial) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
27. (Ireland, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial) Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
28. Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space
29. Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space
30. Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space
31. Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space
32. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal) Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space
33. Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space
34. Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space
35. Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space
36. (broadly) A rectangular object in any number of dimensions.

Verb

1. (transitive) To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.
2. (transitive) Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.
3. (transitive) To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.
4. (transitive) To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
5. (transitive) To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.
6. (transitive) To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.
7. (transitive) To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.
8. (transitive) To place a value of a primitive type into a casing object.
9. To enter the pit.

Verb

1. (transitive) To strike with the fists; to punch.
2. (transitive) To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.
3. (intransitive, stative) To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.

Synonyms

chest

case

container

trunk

casket

coffer

punch

👊

carton

vessel

basket

🧺

package

📦

coffin

⚰️

hit

jug

tin

crate

can

strike

pot

beat

booth

packet

loge

small chest

boxwood

safe

cuff

fight

ark

receptacle

urn

buffet

bucket

🪣

suitcase

bag

jar

🫙

dilly bag

sack

drawer

corner

pail

pummel

smash

bottle

pack

blow

cassette

nest

spar

keg

Translations

boîte

📦

caja

📦

scatola

📦

doos

📦

Schachtel

Kasten

caixa

📦

caixa

📦

boite

Kiste

κουτί

boxen

📦

boxer

cassa

kist

📦

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɒks/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: box

Inherited from Old English: box

Cognate with Ancient Greek: πύξος

Cognate with Ancient Greek: πυξίς

Cognate with Middle Dutch: bosse

Cognate with Dutch: bos

Cognate with Old High German: buhsa

Cognate with Middle High German: buhse

Cognate with German: Büchse

Cognate with Swedish: hjulbössa

Cognate with Danish: bask

Cognate with Danish: baske

Cognate with Middle Dutch: boke

Cognate with Dutch: beuken

Cognate with Western Frisian: bûkje

Cognate with Western Frisian: -

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: batsje

Cognate with Low German: betschen

Cognate with Middle High German: buc

Inherited from Middle English: boxen

In summary

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos)
Ancient Greek -ις (-is)
Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís)bor.
Late Latin buxisbor.
Proto-West Germanic *buhsā
Old English box
Middle English box
English box
From Middle English box (“container, box, cup”), from Old English box (“box, case”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā (“box”) from Late Latin buxis (“box”), Latin pyxis (“small box for medicines or toiletries”), of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos, “box or tablet made of boxwood; box; cylinder”) and Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “box or tablet made of boxwood; box; cylinder”). Doublet of piseog, pyx, and pyxis.
Cognate with Middle Dutch bosse, busse (“jar; tin; round box”) (modern Dutch bos (“wood, forest”), bus (“container, box; bushing of a wheel”)), Old High German buhsa (Middle High German buhse, bühse, modern German Büchse (“box; can”)), Swedish bössa (“box”).
The humorous plural form boxen is from box + -en, by analogy with oxen.
(motor racing): Used since it is more distinct over the radio compared to pit. Also from German Boxenstopp (“pit stop”).

Sentences

One box set .

" Arsenic And Aunt May " was also released in the " Heroes " box set .

I'll send you a box .