Image:Shoukadou bentou.jpg|thumb|right|A wooden box.
English

Etymology 1
ME. < OE. < L. term|buxus|langla < Gr. term|��ξο�|scpolytonic|trpyxos||box tree|langel.

Noun
en-noun|boxes

1. Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus w:Buxus|Buxus.

#* 1885: the application of woods other than box for purposes for which that wood is now used would tend to lessen the demand for box &mdash; Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885

Synonyms
i-c|evergreen shrub or tree boxwood

Derived terms
rel-top|Terms derived from box in the above senses
bastard box
bonnet-box
box alder, box elder
boxberry
box-edged

boxen
boxer<!--sic: "a boxwood pegtop" (OED)-->
box-gum
box-holly
box-room
box-slip
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box-thorn, boxthorn
box-tree
boxwood
flowering box
grey box
prickly box
Queensland box
red box
Tasmanian box
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Translations
trans-top|any of various evergreen shrubs or trees
Catalan: boix m
Chinese traditional/simplified: ���, ��� (huáng yáng mù)
Danish: buksbom c
Finnish: t-|fi|koiranpensas, t-|fi|puksipuu
French: t+|fr|buis|m
Greek: t+|el|��ξά�ι|n|trpixari|scGrek
Italian: t+|it|bosso|m
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Jingpho: sadek#Jingpho|sadek
Russian: б�к� (buks) m, �ам�и� (samšít) m
Scottish gaelic: bogsa m, ciste f, cobhan m
Spanish: t+|es|boj|m
Swedish: buxbom c
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ttbc|Tok Pisin: bokis
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Etymology 2
ME. < OE. < LL. term|buxis|langla < Gr. pyxis "container" < Gr. pyxos "box tree"; related to German term|Büchse|langde.

Noun
en-noun|boxes i|see also Usage notes below

1. A rectangular container, usually with a folding lid.
2. As much as fills a box.

#: a box of books

1. A compartment to sit in at a theater, courtroom or auditorium.
2. A small rectangular shelter like a booth.
3. A driver's seat on a coach.
4. slang A vagina.
5. slang (with the) Television (as a medium).
6. computing A computer.

#: a UNIX box

1. cricket A hard protector for the genitals worn by a batsman or close fielder inside the underpants.
2. engineering A cylindrical casing around for example a bearing or gland.

Usage notes
The whimsical plural term|boxen is occasionally used in computing.

Synonyms
i-c|rectangular container case, package
i-c|as much as fills a box boxful
i-c|compartment to sit in loge
i-c|small shelter like a booth shelter
i-c|driver's seat on a coach box seat
i-c|coarse slang: the vagina gash, pussy, twat
i-c|television telly i|UK, tube, TV
i-c|computer computer, machine
i-c|protector for the genitals cup i|US

Derived terms
rel-top4|Terms derived from box in the above senses
airbox
apple-box
axle-box
ballot box
bandbox
beatbox
be in a box
be in the same box
be in the wrong box
bento box
bitty box
black box
blue box
boom box, boom-box, boombox
box and needle
box-anneal
box-annealing
box-back
boxball
box-barrage
box-beam
box-bed
box-bill
box-board, boxboard
box-club
<!--"box calf" is derived from the name "Box"-->
box camera
box canyon
box-car, boxcar
box-cart
box-chronometer
box-churn
box-cloth
box-club
box coat
box-coil
box-colored, box-coloured
box-coupling
box-crab
box-cutter
box-day
box-desk
box-drain
boxen
box end wrench
boxer<!--sic: "a tall hat" (OED)-->
box-feeding
box file
box-fish, boxfish
box-fitter
box-food
box frame, box-frame
boxful
box girder
box-grain
box-groove
box guitar
box-hand
box-hat
box-head, boxhead
box-hook
box-house
<!--"boxiness" is derived from "boxy"-->
<!--"Boxing Day" is derived from the verb-->
box-iron
box jellyfish
box junction
box-keeper, boxkeeper
box-keeperess
box-key
box kite
box lacrosse
boxlock
box-letter
box-level
box-lobby
box-loom
box lunch
box lyre
box magazine
box-man
box-master
box-mattress
box-meat
box-metal
box-money
box-motion
box number
box-nut
a box of birds
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box of chocolates
box office, box-office
box of matches
box-ottoman
box-oyster
box-plan
box pleat
box-pleated
box-pleating
box profits
box-rent
box room, box-room, boxroom
box score
box seat, box-seat
box set, box-set
box-shutter
box-slater
box-sleigh
box social
box spanner
box spread
box spring, box-spring
box-square
box-stair
box-staircase
box stall
box-standard
box-staple
box step
box-stone
box-strap
box-string
box-swivel
box-tail
box-tappet
box-tenon
box-ticking
box-timbering
box-toe
box-tool
box top, box-top
box-tortoise
box-trap
box-tricycle
box turtle
box-valve
box-van
box-wagon
box-wallah
box wrench, box-wrench
boxy
brain box, brain-box, brainbox
breadbox
CAAT box
cable box
call box, call-box
cardboard box
cartridge-box
cash-box, cashbox
chatterbox
check box (checkbox)
Chinese boxes
chocolate-box
Christmas box
cigar-box
clack-box
coachbox
coal-box
coin-box
collecting box
color-box, colour-box
comb-box
combo box (combobox)
coolbox
coupling-box
cracker-box
dead-letter box
deed-box
dialog box
dice-box, dicebox
dirt-box
dispatch-box
ditty-box
dog-box, dogbox
dredge-box
dredging-box
dressing-box
dressing-up box
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drink box
driving-box
dust-box
egg-box
embox
feed-box
feeding-box
fire-box, firebox
first-aid box
fishing box
flush-box
front box
fuse-box, fusebox
fuzz box, fuzzbox
gearbox
GC box
glory box
glove box, glovebox
goggle-box
Goldberg-Hogness box, Hogness box
grass box
hat-box, hatbox
hay-box, haybox
hell-box, hellbox
<!--"Hogness box" is listed with "Goldberg-Hogness box" above-->
homeobox, homoeobox
horse box, horse-box, horsebox
hot box, hotbox
hunting box
icebox
idiot box
in-box, inbox
Jack-in-a-box, Jack-in-the-box, jack-in-the-box
jewel box, jewel-box
journal box
juice box
junction-box
jukebox
jury box
knife-box
knock out of the box
letterbox
light box
list box (listbox)
live-box
lockbox
loose box, loosebox
lunch box, lunch-box, lunchbox
magic box
mail-box, mailbox
marmalade box
matchbox
missionary-box
miter box, mitre box
money box, moneybox
moss-box
mud box
muscle-box
musical box
music-box
nest-box
nesting box
omnibus box
one out of the box
out-box, outbox<!--noun-->
out of the box
packing box
paddle-box
paint box, paintbox
Pandora's box|Pandora�s box
patch-box
pay box
peg-box<!--box for pegs-->
pegbox<!--part of a string instrument-->
penalty box
pepperbox
phone box
pillar box, pillar-box
pillbox
play-box, playbox
PO box
police box
poor box
post-box, postbox
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post-office box
potato-box
pounce-box
pouncet-box
powder-box
power box
prattle-box
press box, press-box
private box
prompt-box
prompter's box
property box
puff box
rattlebox
resistance-box
safe-deposit box, safety-deposit box
salt-box, saltbox
sandbox
saucebox
savings-box
scent-box
search box
seed-box, seedbox
sentry box
set-top box
shoe-box, shoebox
shooting box
show-box
side box, side-box
signal box
Skinner box
six-yard box
skybox
sluice-box
slushbox
smoke-box, smokebox
snow box
snuffbox
soap-box, soapbox
sound box, sound-box, soundbox
spice-box
spitbox
spurious box
squawk box, squawk-box, squawkbox
squeeze-box, squeezebox
stage box
strong-box, strongbox
stuffing box, stuffing-box
sugar-box
suggestion box
swear box
sweat-box, sweatbox
swell box
tar-box
TATA box
T-box
telephone box
tell-box
text box (textbox)
thunder-box
tick box
tinder box, tinder-box, tinderbox
tobacco-box
toolbox
touch-box
tuck box
tucker-box
tumbling box, tumbling-box
unbox
upper box
vanity box, vanity-box
versing box
voice box, voice-box
wagon box
watch-box
weather-box
weigh-box
the whole box and dice
window-box
wine box
witness box, witness-box
work-box, workbox
writing-box
Yerkes discrimination box
yogibogeybox
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Slovene: t+|sl|Å¡katla|f
Spanish: t+|es|caja|f
Swedish: ask c, box#Swedish|box c, bössa c, dosa c, kartong c, kista c, koffert c, låda c, schatull c, skrin n
Tok Pisin: bokis
Telugu: t|te|ప�����|sc=Telu
Turkish: t+|tr|kutu
Vietnamese: t+|vi|h�p|xs=Vietnamese
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Spanish: t+|es|caja|f
Swedish: t+|sv|låda|c
Tok Pisin: bokis
Vietnamese: t+|vi|h�p|xs=Vietnamese
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trans-top|compartment to sit in
Catalan: llotja f
Chinese traditional/simplified: �人席, �人席 (zhèng rén xí)- in he court
����座, ����座 (f�n gé shì y� zuò)- in a restaurant
Danish: t-|da|loge|c
Finnish: t+|fi|aitio
French: loge#French|loge f (in a theater)
German: t+|de|Loge|f
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Portuguese: t+|pt|camarote|m
Russian: ложа (lóža) f
Spanish: t-|es|palco|m
Swedish: avbalkning c, box#Swedish|box c, bås n, fack n, loge c
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Spanish: t+|es|garita|f
Swedish: kur c, jakthydda c, vaktkur c
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trans-top|driver�s seat on a coach
Danish: kuskesæde n, buk c
Finnish: kuskinpukki
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Russian: t+|ru|кабина|f|trkabína|scCyrl
Swedish: kuskbock c
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trans-top|coarse slang: the vagina
Danish: t+|da|dåse|c
Dutch: t+|nl|doos|f
Finnish: t+|fi|pesä
French: t+|fr|chatte|f
German: t+|de|Dose|f
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Hungarian: t+|hu|doboz
Russian: манда (mandá) f
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trans-top|slang: with "the": television
Danish: kassen c
Finnish: t+|fi|telkkari, t+|fi|toosa
French: la télé f
Italian: la tele#Italian|tele f
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trans-top|computing: computer
Chinese traditional/simplifided: ��, �� (diàn n�o)
Greek: κο��ί (kuti) n
Ido: ordinatro
trans-mid
Russian: t+|ru|��ик|m|trjáš�ik|scCyrl
Swedish: t+|sv|dator|c
Vietnamese: t+|vi|h�p|xs=Vietnamese
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trans-top|cricket: hard protector for the genitals
Chinese traditional/simplified: 護身, �身 (hù sh�n)
Danish: skridtbeskytter c
Finnish: alasuoja
French: coquille f, protège-sexe m
trans-mid
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trans-top|engineering: cylindrical casing
Danish: bøsning c, kasse c
Finnish: t+|fi|pesä
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Swedish: box#Swedish|box c, bössa c, hylsa c, låda c, fodral n
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|ص�د�� IPAchar|(�undúq), ARchar|ع�بة IPAchar|(�úlba) (1), ARchar|���ة (lakma) (4), ARchar|��ص�رة IPAchar|(maq�úra) (3)
ttbc|Esperanto: skatolo
ttbc|Estonian: karp
ttbc|Indonesian: kotak
ttbc|Interlingua: cassa
ttbc|Irish: bosca
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Verb
en-verb|box|es

1. To place inside a box.
2. To place a primitive value into an object (such as an int into an Integer) -- see also autoboxing.
3. To hem in.

Synonyms
i-c|to place inside a box box up, case, embox, encase, pack, package, package up
i-c|to hem in corner

Derived terms
rel-top|derived terms
abox
box about
boxed
boxer
box-haul, boxhaul
box-hauling
box in
rel-mid
boxing
Boxing Day
box off
box out
box the compass
box up
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Antonyms
i-c|place inside a box unbox, uncase, unpack

Translations
trans-top|place inside a box
Catalan: empaquetar, encapsar
Chinese traditional/simplified: �箱, �箱 (zhu�ng xi�ng)
Danish: lægge i en æske, pakke i en æske/kasse
Dutch: inpakken, verpakken
French: emboîter, mettre en boîte
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German: t+|de|verpacken, t+|de|einpacken
Portuguese: encaixotar
Swedish: lägga i en låda
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trans-top|hem in
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|تع��ب (ta�líb) (1), ARchar|���� (yálkam) (2), ARchar|��ا�� (yalákam) (3)
ttbc|Hungarian: dobozol (1), üt (2), boxol (3)
ttbc|Interlingua: incassar, boxar
ttbc|Irish: bosca
ttbc|Spanish: encajar (1), boxear (2, 3)
ttbc|Tok Pisin: boksin (3)

Etymology 3
ME.

Noun
en-noun|boxes

1. A blow with the fist.

Synonyms
i-c|blow with the fist blow, punch

Translations
trans-top|blow with the fist
Breton: skouarnad f, skouarnadoù p
Catalan: cop de puny m
Danish: bokseslag n
Dutch: vuistslag
French: t+|fr|coup de poing|m
German: Boxhieb m, Boxschlag m
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Ido: boxar
Italian: t+|it|pugno|m
Spanish: t+|es|puñetazo|m
Swedish: slag med handen
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Verb
en-verb|box|es

1. transitive To strike with the fists.

#: box someone�s ears

1. context|transitive|Jamaican English|AAVE To punch (a person).

#: Leave dis place before I box you.

1. transitive To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.
2. intransitive To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.

Derived terms
rel-top|derived terms
BoxAerobics?, boxaerobics
box clever
Boxer
boxer
boxercise
boxiana
rel-mid
boxing
box it out
box on<!--verb-->
box-on<!--noun-->
out-box<!--to box better than-->
shadow-box, shadowbox
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Translations
trans-top|strike with the fists
Chinese traditional/simplified: ��, �� (�r gu�ng)
Danish: slå på
French: t+|fr|boxer
German: t-|de|boxen
trans-mid
Italian: t-|it|boxare
Swedish: t-|sv|boxa
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trans-top|punch (a person)
Chinese traditional/simplified: �, � (d�)
French: donner un coup de poing à
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Italian: dare#Italian|dare un pugno a
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trans-top|fight against (a person) in a boxing match
Catalan: boxejar, boxar
Chinese traditional/simplified: 鬥�, �� (dòu quán)
Danish: bokse med
Dutch: boksen
French: t+|fr|boxer
German: t-|de|boxen
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Hebrew: ��ת��רף (le'hitagref)
Italian: t-|it|boxare
Swedish: boxas
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trans-top|intransitive: participate in boxing
Chinese traditional/simplified: �����賽, ������ (c�n ji� quán jí b� sài)
Danish: bokse
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French

Etymology
E.|fr.

Noun
infl|fr|noun|plural|boxes|or|box

1. stall (for a horse), loose box
2. compartment, cubicle
3. garage, lock-up (for a car)

Derived terms
box des accusés

Italian

Etymology
E.|it

Noun
box m inv

1. horsebox
2. garage, lock-up (for a car)
3. motor racing|lang=it pit
4. playpen

Romanian

Etymology 1
From F.|ro term|boxe|lang=fr.

Noun
ro-noun|gendn|plboxuri

1. sport|lang=ro boxing i|the sport of
2. A kind of sword.

Synonyms
i-c|the sport pugilat, pugilism, pugilistic�

Etymology 2
From F.|ro term|box|lang=fr.

Noun
infl|ro|noun

1. bovine leather

Etymology 3

Noun
infl|ro|noun

1. A breed of bulldog.

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