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3-letter words (1 found)

BOX,

2-letter words (3 found)

BO,OB,OX,

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Definitions and meaning of box

box

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɒks/
  • (General American) enPR: bäks, IPA(key): /bɑks/
  • Rhymes: -ɒks

Etymology 1

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”) (from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “box or tablet made of boxwood; box; cylinder”), from πύξος (púxos) + -ῐς (-is, “suffix forming feminine nouns”)). 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 hjulbössa (“wheel-box”).

The humorous plural form boxen is from box + -en, by analogy with oxen.

Noun

box (plural boxes or (nonstandard, computing, humorous) boxen)

  1. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
    2. A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
      Synonyms: case, package
    3. A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
      Synonym: boxful
    4. A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.
    5. A compartment or receptacle for receiving items.
      1. A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements; see also box number.
    7. A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.
      Synonym: loge
    8. The driver's seat on a horse-drawn coach.
      Synonym: box seat
    10. A small rectangular shelter.
      Synonyms: shelter, booth
    11. Short for horsebox (“container for transporting horses”).
    12. (automotive) Short for gearbox.
    13. (automotive) Short for stashbox.
      Synonym: stizzy
    14. (rail transport) Short for signal box.
    15. (figuratively) A predicament or trap.
    16. (slang) A prison cell.
      1. (slang) A cell used for solitary confinement.
        Synonym: hole
    17. (euphemistic) A coffin.
    18. (slang) Preceded by the: television.
      Synonyms: (Britain) telly, tube, TV
    19. (slang, vulgar) The vagina.
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina
    21. (computing, slang) A computer, or the case in which it is housed.
      Synonyms: computer, machine; see also Thesaurus:computer
    22. (slang) A gym dedicated to the CrossFit exercise program.
    24. (cricket) A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder.
      Synonym: (US) cup
    25. (cricket) Synonym of gully (“a certain fielding position”)
    26. (engineering) A cylindrical casing around the axle of a wheel, a bearing, a gland, etc.
    28. (fencing) A device used in electric fencing to detect whether a weapon has struck an opponent, which connects to a fencer's weapon by a spool and body wire. It uses lights and sound to notify a hit, with different coloured lights for on target and off target hits.
    29. (dated) A small country house.
    30. (colloquial, chiefly Southern US) A stringed instrument with a soundbox, especially a guitar. [from 20th c.]
  2. Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space
    1. A rectangle: an oblong or a square.
    2. (baseball) The rectangle in which the batter stands.
    3. (genetics) One of two specific regions in a promoter.
    5. (juggling) A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape.
    6. (lacrosse, informal) Short for box lacrosse (“indoor form of lacrosse”).
    7. (soccer) The penalty area.
    8. (aviation) A diamond-shaped flying formation consisting of four aircraft.
  3. (geometry, by extension) A rectangular object in any number of dimensions.
    Synonyms: hyperrectangle, orthotope
Usage notes
  • (computing): the humorous plural form boxen is occasionally used.
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Descendants
Translations
See also
  • tofu (“empty box displayed by some computer systems in place of a character not supported by available fonts”)

Verb

box (third-person singular simple present boxes, present participle boxing, simple past and past participle boxed)

  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, agriculture) To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
  5. (transitive, architecture) To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.
  6. (transitive, engineering) To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.
  7. (transitive, graphic design, printing) To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.
  8. (transitive, object-oriented programming) To place a value of a primitive type into a casing object.
Synonyms
  • (to place inside a box): box up, case, embox, encase, pack, pack up, package
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of "place inside a box"): unbox, uncase, unpack
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Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English box (“box tree; boxwood”), from Old English box (“box tree”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhs (“box tree; thing made from boxwood”), from Latin buxus (“box tree; thing made from boxwood”), buxum (“box tree; boxwood”), possibly from πύξος (púxos, “box tree; boxwood”).

Noun

box (plural boxes)

  1. Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of genus Buxus, especially common box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary.
  2. The wood from a box tree: boxwood.
  3. (music, slang) A musical instrument, especially one made from boxwood.
  4. (Australia) An evergreen tree of the genus Lophostemon (for example, box scrub, Brisbane box, brush box, pink box, or Queensland box, Lophostemon confertus).
  5. (Australia) Various species of Eucalyptus trees are popularly called various kinds of boxes, on the basis of the nature of their wood, bark, or appearance for example, drooping box (Eucalyptus bicolor), shiny-leaved box (Eucalyptus tereticornis), black box, or ironbark box trees.
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Etymology 3

From Middle English box (“a blow; a stroke with a weapon”); further origin uncertain, with relation to Proto-Germanic *boki-, whence Danish bask (“a blow; a stripe”), Danish baske (“to flap, move around, beat violently”), Middle Dutch boke (“a blow, a hit”), bōken (“to slap, strike”) (modern Dutch beuken (“to slap”)), West Frisian bûkje, bûtse, bûtsje (“to slap”), West Frisian and Saterland Frisian batsje (“to slap”), Low German betschen (“to slap, beat with a flat hand”), Middle High German buc (“a blow, a stroke”), bochen (“to slap, strike”), and further onomatopoeic shaping.

The verb is from Middle English boxen (“to beat or whip (an animal)”), which is derived from the noun.

Noun

box (plural boxes)

  1. A blow with the fist.
Synonyms
  • blow
  • cuff
  • punch
Translations

Verb

box (third-person singular simple present boxes, present participle boxing, simple past and past participle boxed)

  1. (transitive) To strike with the fists; to punch.
  2. (transitive, boxing) To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.
  3. (intransitive, stative, boxing) To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • ⇒ French: boxer
    • → Catalan: boxar
  • ⇒ Galician: boxear
  • ⇒ German: boxen
  • ⇒ Portuguese: boxear, boxar
  • ⇒ Spanish: boxear
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Etymology 4

From Latin bōx, from Ancient Greek βῶξ (bôx, “box (marine fish)”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye, view”), a reference to the large size of the fish's eyes relative to its body.

Noun

box (plural boxes)

  1. (dated) A Mediterranean food fish of the genus Boops, which is a variety of sea bream; a bogue or oxeye.
Translations

References

Further reading

  • box on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • box (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “box”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • BXO, OBX

Czech

Noun

box m inan

  1. boxing (the sport of boxing)

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • box in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • box in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English box. Doublet of buks (“shotgun”), bus (“container”), and pyxis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔks/
  • Hyphenation: box
  • Rhymes: -ɔks
  • Homophone: boks

Noun

box m (plural boxen, diminutive boxje n)

  1. speaker, loudspeaker
    Synonyms: luidspreker, speaker
  2. playpen
  3. compartment for livestock
  4. tax category
    Inkomen uit loonarbeid valt onder box 1. ― Income from salaried work belongs to tax category 1.

Descendants

  • →? Saramaccan: bokúsu
  • → Sranan Tongo: boks

French

Etymology

From English box. Doublet of boîte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔks/

Noun

box m (plural box or boxes)

  1. stall (for a horse), loose box
  2. compartment, cubicle
  3. garage, lock-up (for a car)

Derived terms

  • box des accusés

Further reading

  • “box”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Noun

box f (plural box)

  1. Electronic equipment used for internet access (component of the digital subscriber line technology)

Hungarian

Noun

box

  1. Misspelling of boksz.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔxs/

Noun

box n (genitive singular box, nominative plural box)

  1. box (container)
    Synonym: kassi
  2. (sports) boxing
    Synonym: hnefaleikar

Declension

Derived terms

  • boxa
  • boxhanski
  • nestisbox

Italian

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, from English box, variously clipped (in the meaning "horsebox") or with transferred senses.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔks/
  • Rhymes: -ɔks
  • Hyphenation: bòx

Noun

box m (invariable)

  1. horsebox
  2. (automotive) garage, lock-up
  3. (motor racing) pit
  4. playpen

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βώξ (bṓx).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /boːks/, [boːks̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /boks/, [bɔks]

Noun

bōx m (genitive bōcis); third declension

  1. a kind of marine fish

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

  • “box”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • box in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • box in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔks/
  • Rhymes: -ɔks

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English box, from Proto-West Germanic *buhs, from Latin buxus, possibly from Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos).

Alternative forms

  • boxe

Noun

box

  1. A box tree (the tree Buxus sempervirens)
  2. The wood of this tree; boxwood.
Descendants
  • English: box
References
  • “box, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old English box, from Proto-West Germanic *buhs, from Latin buxus in extended use.

Alternative forms

  • boxe

Noun

box (plural boxes)

  1. A cylindrical jar.
  2. A case, container or strongbox.
  3. A bloodletting cup.
  4. (anatomy) The socket of a joint.
Descendants
  • English: box (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: box
References
  • “box, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

Unknown; see English box (“blow with the fist”) for more.

Alternative forms

  • boxe

Noun

box

  1. A blow with the fist.
Descendants
  • English: box
  • Scots: box
References
  • “box, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *buhs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boks/

Noun

box m

  1. box
  2. box tree

Declension

Derived terms

  • boxtrēow
  • byxen
  • ġewyrtbox
  • sāpbox
  • sealfbox

Descendants

  • Middle English: box, boxe
    • English: box (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: box

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • boxe (prescriptive)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English box.

Pronunciation

Noun

box (Brazil) m or (Portugal) f (plural boxes) (proscribed)

  1. stall (for a horse)
  2. electronic equipment used for internet access (component of the digital subscriber line technology)
  3. (Brazil) shower stall; area of a bathroom, separated by a curtain or panes, where the shower is located
    • 2003, Eileen G. de Paiva e Mello, Questão de Tempo, Thesaurus Editora, page 150:

Derived terms

  • encostar às boxes

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboks/
  • Rhymes: -oks

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French boxe.

Noun

box n (plural boxuri)

  1. (sports) boxing (the sport of)
    Synonyms: pugilat, pugilism, pugilistică
  2. a kind of sword

Etymology 2

From French box.

Noun

box

  1. bovine leather

Etymology 3

Noun

box

  1. a breed of bulldog

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English box. Doublet of buje.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboɡs/ [ˈboɣ̞s]
  • Rhymes: -oɡs
  • Syllabification: box

Noun

box m (plural boxes)

  1. (motor racing) pit
  2. (sports) box
  3. (Mexico, Southern Cone) boxing (sport)
    Synonym: boxeo

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “box”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: bocks

Noun

box c

  1. a box, crate; a cuboid container
  2. (somewhat dated) a box (blow with the fist)

Declension

Derived terms

  • frysbox
  • kylbox
  • postbox

References

  • box in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • box in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • box in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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