Word: box

Category: box

Arts & Entertainment, Shopping, Computers & Electronics

Related words: box

the box, box office, red box, po box, drop box, black box, music box, x box, movie box, lunch box, otter box, box office mojo, usps, box spring, shadow box, light box, show box

Synonyms: box

eyeglass

Translations: box

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spanish
Translations:
caja, boxear, arca, estuche, baúl
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german
Translations:
kasten, büchse, packen, verpacken, boxen, schachtel, glotzkiste, gehäuse, dose, glotze, ...
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french
Translations:
carton, boxons, boite, coffre, bahut, boxez, caisse, boxent, boxer, buis, ...
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italian
Translations:
palco, scatola, cassa
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portuguese
Translations:
encaixar, caixa, coxear
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dutch
Translations:
boksen, doos, slof
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russian
Translations:
будка, шкатулка, ящик, кабина, кончить, удар, коробка, ларец, бокс, коробок, ...
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norwegian
Translations:
bokse
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swedish
Translations:
ask, låda, lår, skrin
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finnish
Translations:
rasia, pakki, paketoida, nyrkkeillä, kotelo, laatikoida, soppi
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danish
Translations:
kiste, kasse, dåse
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czech
Translations:
facka, škatule, truhla, krabice, rohovat, truhlík, dóza, bedna, pouzdro, skříňka, ...
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polish
Translations:
uderzać, bukszpan, loża, puzderko, odosobnić, pudło, uderzenie, skrzynka, buda, boksować, ...
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hungarian
Translations:
bukszus, páholy, doboz
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turkish
Translations:
kutu, sandık
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greek
Translations:
κουτί, πυγμαχώ, κάσα
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ukrainian
Translations:
цапи, гуртка, замикати, запихати, будка, кухоль
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estonian
Translations:
pukspuu, kast
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croatian
Translations:
kovčeg, okvir, kutijici, šamar
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icelandic
Translations:
kassi, baukur, dós, kista
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lithuanian
Translations:
dėžutė, boksas, smūgis, dėžė
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latvian
Translations:
kārba, kaste
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romanian
Translations:
cutie
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slovenian
Translations:
škatla, políčko, skrinjica, dóza, bednika, bedna
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slovak
Translations:
debna, políčko, dóza

The meaning and "use of": box

noun
  • a container with a flat base and sides, typically square or rectangular and having a lid. - a cereal box
  • an area or space enclosed within straight lines, in particular. - Introns are shown as straight lines connecting the boxes .
  • a small structure or building for a specific purpose, in particular. - It's not so easy to guess what device is inside this box and what its purpose is.
  • a mailbox at a post office, newspaper office, or other facility where a person may arrange to receive correspondence. - write to me care of PO Box 112
  • a slap with the hand on the side of a person's head given as a punishment or in anger. - she gave him a box on the ear
  • a slow-growing European evergreen shrub or small tree with glossy dark green leaves. It is often grown as a hedge and for topiary. - A standard clipped box tree in a plain terracotta pot shows restrained good taste.
  • any of a number of trees that have wood or foliage similar to the box tree, in particular. - She made her way through the woods, ‘past a giant temple of boxwood ,’ then to the yard of 124 where ‘she sat down on the first handy place - a stump’.
verb
  • put in or provide with a box. - the books are sold as a boxed set
  • fight an opponent using one's fists; compete in the sport of boxing. - he boxed for England
  • recite the compass points in correct order. - I've ‘ boxed the compass ’ over 14 miles of broken mountains with 'em and come out within 100 meters from start-point.
  • make a complete change of direction. - by now the breeze had boxed the compass

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