'Box' definitions:
Definition of 'box'
From: WordNet
noun
A (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts"
noun
Private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance; "the royal box was empty" [syn: box, loge]
noun
The quantity contained in a box; "he gave her a box of chocolates" [syn: box, boxful]
noun
A predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible; "his lying got him into a tight corner" [syn: corner, box]
noun
A rectangular drawing; "the flowchart contained many boxes"
noun
Evergreen shrubs or small trees [syn: box, boxwood]
noun
Any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned; "the umpire warned the batter to stay in the batter's box"
noun
The driver's seat on a coach; "an armed guard sat in the box with the driver" [syn: box, box seat]
noun
Separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people; "the sentry stayed in his box to avoid the cold"
noun
A blow with the hand (usually on the ear); "I gave him a good box on the ear"
verb
verb
Hit with the fist; "I'll box your ears!"
verb
Engage in a boxing match
Definition of 'Box'
From: GCIDE
- Box \Box\, n.; pl. Boxes [As. box a small case or vessel with a cover; akin to OHG. buhsa box, G. b["u]chse; fr. L. buxus boxwood, anything made of boxwood. See Pyx, and cf. Box a tree, Bushel.]
- 1. A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The quantity that a box contain. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A space with a few seats partitioned off in a theater, or other place of public amusement. [1913 Webster]
- Laughed at by the pit, box, galleries, nay, stage. --Dorset. [1913 Webster]
- The boxes and the pit are sovereign judges. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; as, a poor box; a contribution box. [1913 Webster]
- Yet since his neighbors give, the churl unlocks, Damning the poor, his tripple-bolted box. --J. Warton. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A small country house. "A shooting box." --Wilson. [1913 Webster]
- Tight boxes neatly sashed. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 6. A boxlike shed for shelter; as, a sentry box. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Mach) (a) An axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing. (b) A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump. [1913 Webster]
- 8. The driver's seat on a carriage or coach. [1913 Webster]
- 9. A present in a box; a present; esp. a Christmas box or gift. "A Christmas box." --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
- 10. (Baseball) The square in which the pitcher stands. [1913 Webster]
- 11. (Zool.) A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Box is much used adjectively or in composition; as box lid, box maker, box circle, etc.; also with modifying substantives; as money box, letter box, bandbox, hatbox or hat box, snuff box or snuffbox. [1913 Webster]
- Box beam (Arch.), a beam made of metal plates so as to have the form of a long box.
- Box car (Railroads), a freight car covered with a roof and inclosed on the sides to protect its contents.
- Box chronometer, a ship's chronometer, mounted in gimbals, to preserve its proper position.
- Box coat, a thick overcoat for driving; sometimes with a heavy cape to carry off the rain.
- Box coupling, a metal collar uniting the ends of shafts or other parts in machinery.
- Box crab (Zool.), a crab of the genus Calappa, which, when at rest with the legs retracted, resembles a box.
- Box drain (Arch.), a drain constructed with upright sides, and with flat top and bottom.
- Box girder (Arch.), a box beam.
- Box groove (Metal Working), a closed groove between two rolls, formed by a collar on one roll fitting between collars on another. --R. W. Raymond.
- Box metal, an alloy of copper and tin, or of zinc, lead, and antimony, for the bearings of journals, etc.
- Box plait, a plait that doubles both to the right and the left.
- Box turtle or
- Box tortoise (Zool.), a land tortoise or turtle of the genera Cistudo and Emys; -- so named because it can withdraw entirely within its shell, which can be closed by hinged joints in the lower shell. Also, humorously, an exceedingly reticent person. --Emerson.
- In a box, in a perplexity or an embarrassing position; in difficulty. (Colloq.)
- In the wrong box, out of one's place; out of one's element; awkwardly situated. (Colloq.) --Ridley (1554) [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Box'
From: GCIDE
- Box \Box\ (b[o^]ks), n. [As. box, L. buxus, fr. Gr. ?. See Box a case.] (Bot.) A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (Buxus suffruticosa), is much used for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Box elder, the ash-leaved maple (Negundo aceroides), of North America.
- Box holly, the butcher's broom (Russus aculeatus).
- Box thorn, a shrub (Lycium barbarum).
- Box tree, the tree variety of the common box. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Box'
From: GCIDE
- Box \Box\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boxed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Boxing.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To inclose in a box. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To furnish with boxes, as a wheel. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Arch.) To inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to bring to a required form. [1913 Webster]
- To box a tree, to make an incision or hole in a tree for the purpose of procuring the sap.
- To box off, to divide into tight compartments.
- To box up. (a) To put into a box in order to save; as, he had boxed up twelve score pounds. (b) To confine; as, to be boxed up in narrow quarters. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Box'
From: GCIDE
- Box \Box\, n. [Cf.Dan. baske to slap, bask slap, blow. Cf. Pash.] A blow on the head or ear with the hand. [1913 Webster]
- A good-humored box on the ear. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Box'
From: GCIDE
- Box \Box\, v. i. To fight with the fist; to combat with, or as with, the hand or fist; to spar. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Box'
From: GCIDE
- Box \Box\, v. t. To strike with the hand or fist, especially to strike on the ear, or on the side of the head. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Box'
From: GCIDE
- Box \Box\, v. t. [Cf.Sp. boxar, now spelt bojar.] To boxhaul. [1913 Webster]
- To box off (Naut.), to turn the head of a vessel either way by bracing the headyards aback.
- To box the compass (Naut.), to name the thirty-two points of the compass in their order. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'box'
From: GCIDE
- Boce \Boce\ (b[=o]s), n. [L. box, bocis, Gr. bo`ax, bw^x.] (Zool.) A European fish (Box vulgaris), having a compressed body and bright colors; -- called also box, and bogue. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Box'
From: Easton
- Box for holding oil or perfumery (Mark 14:3). It was of the form of a flask or bottle. The Hebrew word (pak) used for it is more appropriately rendered "vial" in 1 Sam. 10:1, and should also be so rendered in 2 Kings 9:1, where alone else it occurs.
Words containing 'Box'
- Boxed,
- Boxes,
- Boxing,
- In a box,
- To box off,
- To box up,
- box in,
- box up,
- boxed in,
- boxful,
- Ballot box,
- Black box,
- Box Butte,
- Box Canyon,
- Box Elder,
- Box beam,
- Box car,
- Box chronometer,
- Box coat,
- Box coupling,
- Box crab,
- Box drain,
- Box girder,
- Box groove,
- Box holly,
- Box kite,
- Box level,
- Box metal,
- Box plait,
- Box sextant,
- Box tail,
- Box thorn,
- Box tortoise,
- Box tree,
- Box turtle,
- Box vulgaris,
- Boxing day,
- Boxing glove,
- Brain box,
- Cartridge box,
- Christmas box,
- Clack box,
- Core box,
- Coupling box,
- Dispatch box,
- Draft box,
- Draught box,
- Dredging box,
- Driving box,
- Drudging box,
- Equation box,
- Equational box,
- Fairing box,
- Faking box,
- Fire box,
- Flour box,
- Funnel box,
- Heck box,
- Horse box,
- Hunting box,
- Ice box,
- In the wrong box,
- Journal box,
- Junction box,
- Letter box,
- Limber box,
- Live box,
- Miter box,
- Music box,
- Musical box,
- Packing box,
- Pass box,
- Pepper box,
- Pouchet box,
- Pounce box,
- Pouncet box,
- Resistance box,
- Sand box,
- Screw box,
- Sentry box,
- Shooting box,
- Show box,
- Shuttle box,
- Side box,
- Slide box,
- Smoke box,
- Spring box,
- Stage box,
- Stuffing box,
- Sweat box,
- Tinder box,
- To box a tree,
- To box the compass,
- Tobacco box,
- Vanity box,
- Wall box,
- Weather box,
- Window box,
- alms box,
- batter's box,
- bitch box,
- boom box,
- box calf,
- box camera,
- box family,
- box huckleberry,
- box kodak,
- box number,
- box office,
- box pleat,
- box seat,
- box spring,
- box wrench,
- boxed-in,
- boxing equipment,
- boxing match,
- boxing ring,
- call box,
- cat box,
- cereal box,
- cigar box,
- coin box,
- common box,
- deposit box,
- dialog box,
- dice box,
- european box,
- gear box,
- goggle box,
- idiot box,
- in-box,
- jury box,
- marmalade box,
- match box,
- mite box,
- mitre box,
- money box,
- mountain box,
- outlet box,
- paddle box,
- pandora's box,
- pattern box,
- penalty box,
- pencil box,
- pillar box,
- po box,
- po box no,
- pomander box,
- poor box,
- press box,
- professional boxing,
- prompt box,
- prompter's box,
- shadow box,
- signal box,
- squawk box,
- squeeze box,
- telephone box,
- toe box,
- toy box,
- tuck box,
- valve box,
- voice box,
- witness box,
- Balaam basket or box,
- Box Butte County,
- Box Butte, NE,
- Box Canyon, TX,
- Box Elder County,
- Box Elder, MT,
- Box Elder, SD,
- Box Elder, UT,
- Box-iron,
- Ditty-box,
- Jack-in-a-box,
- Touch-box,
- box end wrench,
- box white oak,
- box-number,
- box-shaped,
- california box elder,
- jack-in-the-box,
- out-of-the-box thinking,
- paddle-box,
- play-box,
- po box number,
- safety deposit box,
- western box turtle,
- Box Butte County, NE,
- Box Canyon-Amistad,
- Box Elder County, UT,
- Sand-box tree,
- cigar-box cedar,
- post-office box,
- safe-deposit box,
- Box Canyon-Amistad, TX,
- post-office box number