Box Definition–noun | 1. | a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover. | | 2. | the quantity contained in a box: She bought a box of candy as a gift. | | 3. | Chiefly British. a gift or present: a Christmas box. | | 5. | a compartment or section in a public place, shut or railed off for the accommodation of a small number of people, esp. in a theater, opera house, sports stadium, etc. | | 6. | a small enclosure or area in a courtroom, for witnesses or the jury. | | 7. | a small shelter: a sentry's box. | | 8. | British. | a. | a small house, cabin, or cottage, as for use while hunting: a shooting box. | | | 10. | the driver's seat on a coach. | | 11. | the section of a wagon in which passengers or parcels are carried. | | 12. | Automotive. the section of a truck in whi
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ch cargo is carried. | | 13. | the box, Informal. television: Are there any good shows on the box tonight? | | 14. | part of a page of a newspaper or periodical set off in some manner, as by lines, a border, or white space. | | 15. | any enclosing, protective case or housing, sometimes including its contents: a gear box; a fire-alarm box. | | 16. | Baseball. | a. | either of two marked spaces, one on each side of the plate, in which the batter stands. | | b. | either of two marked spaces, one outside of first
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base and the other outside of third, where the coaches stand. | | d. | the marked space where the catcher stands. | | | 17. | a difficult situation; predicament. | | 18. | Agriculture. a bowl or pit cut in the side of a tree for collecting sap. | | 19. | Jazz Slang. | a. | a stringed instrument, as a guitar. | | –verb (used with object) | 23. | to put into a box: She boxed the glassware before the movers came. | | 24. | to enclose or confine as in a box (often fol. by in or up). | | 25. | to furnish with a box. | | 26. | to form into a box or the shape of a box. | | 27. | to block so as to keep from passing or achieving better position (often fol. by in): The Ferrari was boxed in by two other cars on the tenth lap. | | 28. | to group together for consideration as one unit: to box bills in the legislature. | | 29. | Building Trades. to enclose or conceal (a building or structure) as with boarding. | | 30. | Agriculture. to make a hole or cut in (a tree) for sap to collect. | | 31. | to mix (paint, varnish, or the like) by pouring from one container to another and back again. | | 32. | Australian. | a. | to mix groups of sheep that should be kept separated. | | b. | to confuse someone or something. | | —Verb phrase | 33. | box out, Basketball. to position oneself between an opposing player and the basket to hinder the opposing player from rebounding or tipping in a shot; block out. | —Idiom | 34. | out of the box, Australian Slang. remarkable or exceptional; extraordinary. | |
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