"box standard" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more box standard [comparative], most box standard [superlative]
Etymology: 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. Head templates: {{en-adj}} box standard (comparative more box standard, superlative most box standard)
  1. (UK colloquial, used especially in automotive, motorcycling, engineering and technical contexts) Synonym of standard, especially with connotations of plainness and lack of modification. Tags: UK, colloquial, used especially in automotive Categories (topical): Automotive, Engineering, Motorcycles Synonyms: standard [synonym, synonym-of], box-standard, boxed standard [obsolete] Related terms (more pejorative): bog standard
    Sense id: en-box_standard-en-adj-Wd~sP9em Categories (other): British English Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motorcycling

Noun

Forms: box standards [plural]
Etymology: 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. Head templates: {{en-noun}} box standard (plural box standards)
  1. (obsolete) A hollow tube frame used for a machine. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-box_standard-en-noun-LOJj8~hF

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