Definition of Box

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Definition of Box

Box

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 (B. 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.

A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes.

The quantity that a box contain.

A space with a few seats partitioned off in a theater, or other place of public amusement.

A chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; as, a poor box; a contribution box.

A small country house.

A boxlike shed for shelter; as, a sentry box.

An axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing.

A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump.

The driver's seat on a carriage or coach.

A present in a box; a present; esp. a Christmas box or gift.

The square in which the pitcher stands.

A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue.

To inclose in a box.

To furnish with boxes, as a wheel.

To inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to bring to a required form.

A blow on the head or ear with the hand.

To fight with the fist; to combat with, or as with, the hand or fist; to spar.

To strike with the hand or fist, especially to strike on the ear, or on the side of the head.

To boxhaul.

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Box Quotations

Why don't they make the whole plane out of that black box stuff.
Steven Wright

When I was a little kid we had a sand box. It was a quicksand box. I was an only child... eventually.
Steven Wright

Thanks to my mother, not a single cardboard box has found its way back into society. We receive gifts in boxes from stores that went out of business twenty years ago.
Erma Bombeck

Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
Mae West

When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door.
Plutarch

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put it in an impossible situation.
Margaret Mead

You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.
George W. Bush

I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.
Bette Davis

We believe that within five years, 96 percent of British consumers will have access to the Internet, whether it be through a personal computer, a set-top box or a mobile phone.
Richard Branson

I work with structure, but I go outside the box and give it my own spin. I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes - where a woman's personality and sense of style are realized.
Vera Wang

Box Translations

box in Afrikaans is boks, pot, doos
box in Dutch is boksen
box in Italian is palco, scatola
box in Latin is arca archa
box in Portuguese is caixa
box in Spanish is estuche, arca

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