"box standard" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Originally in reference to the hollow-tube frames used as cases or mounting in various machines but now usually understood in reference to factory packaging and default standards.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "box standards",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1884 June, Manufacturer & Builder, page 127:",
          "text": "...the standards F 0, to support the jointing devices, consisting in the combination of the cutter-heads supported by adjustable box standards Y, having sliding bearings in the bars V f.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1888, Lockwood's Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering, page 45:",
          "text": "Box standard or boxed standard, the standard, or main framework, of a machine or engine, which is hollowed internally to obtain the maximum of strength with the minimum of material.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A hollow tube frame used for a machine."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "hollow",
          "hollow"
        ],
        [
          "tube",
          "tube"
        ],
        [
          "frame",
          "frame"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
        [
          "machine",
          "machine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A hollow tube frame used for a machine."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "box standard"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Originally in reference to the hollow-tube frames used as cases or mounting in various machines but now usually understood in reference to factory packaging and default standards.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more box standard",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most box standard",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        {
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Automotive",
          "orig": "en:Automotive",
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            "Transport",
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            "Fundamental"
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          "parents": [
            "Applied sciences",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Motorcycles",
          "orig": "en:Motorcycles",
          "parents": [
            "Vehicles",
            "Machines",
            "Transport",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of standard, especially with connotations of plainness and lack of modification."
      ],
      "id": "en-box_standard-en-adj-Wd~sP9em",
      "links": [
        [
          "automotive",
          "automotive"
        ],
        [
          "motorcycling",
          "motorcycling#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "engineering",
          "engineering#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "technical",
          "technical"
        ],
        [
          "standard",
          "standard#English"
        ],
        [
          "especially",
          "especially"
        ],
        [
          "connotation",
          "connotation"
        ],
        [
          "plainness",
          "plainness"
        ],
        [
          "lack",
          "lack"
        ],
        [
          "modification",
          "modification"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "engineering and technical contexts",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK colloquial, used especially in automotive, motorcycling, engineering and technical contexts) Synonym of standard, especially with connotations of plainness and lack of modification."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "used especially in automotive"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "sense": "more pejorative",
          "word": "bog standard"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "especially with connotations of plainness and lack of modification",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "standard"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "box-standard"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "boxed standard"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "motorcycling"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "box standard"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
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  "etymology_text": "Originally in reference to the hollow-tube frames used as cases or mounting in various machines but now usually understood in reference to factory packaging and default standards.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "box standards",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1884 June, Manufacturer & Builder, page 127:",
          "text": "...the standards F 0, to support the jointing devices, consisting in the combination of the cutter-heads supported by adjustable box standards Y, having sliding bearings in the bars V f.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1888, Lockwood's Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering, page 45:",
          "text": "Box standard or boxed standard, the standard, or main framework, of a machine or engine, which is hollowed internally to obtain the maximum of strength with the minimum of material.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A hollow tube frame used for a machine."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hollow",
          "hollow"
        ],
        [
          "tube",
          "tube"
        ],
        [
          "frame",
          "frame"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
        [
          "machine",
          "machine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A hollow tube frame used for a machine."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "box-standard"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "boxed standard"
    }
  ],
  "word": "box standard"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Originally in reference to the hollow-tube frames used as cases or mounting in various machines but now usually understood in reference to factory packaging and default standards.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more box standard",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most box standard",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "sense": "more pejorative",
      "word": "bog standard"
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  ],
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        "English technical terms",
        "en:Automotive",
        "en:Engineering",
        "en:Motorcycles"
      ],
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        "Synonym of standard, especially with connotations of plainness and lack of modification."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "automotive",
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        ],
        [
          "motorcycling",
          "motorcycling#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "engineering",
          "engineering#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "technical",
          "technical"
        ],
        [
          "standard",
          "standard#English"
        ],
        [
          "especially",
          "especially"
        ],
        [
          "connotation",
          "connotation"
        ],
        [
          "plainness",
          "plainness"
        ],
        [
          "lack",
          "lack"
        ],
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          "modification",
          "modification"
        ]
      ],
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        "(UK colloquial, used especially in automotive, motorcycling, engineering and technical contexts) Synonym of standard, especially with connotations of plainness and lack of modification."
      ],
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        "used especially in automotive"
      ],
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        "colloquial"
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      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "motorcycling"
      ]
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "box-standard"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "boxed standard"
    }
  ],
  "word": "box standard"
}