'In a box' definitions:
Definition of 'In a 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]
Words containing 'In a box'
- Box,
- Boxed,
- Boxes,
- Boxing,
- 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