"boxable" meaning in English

See boxable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From box + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|box|able}} box + -able Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} boxable (not comparable)
  1. Capable of, or suitable for, placing in a box. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-boxable-en-adj-ZbSHIyjj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0
  2. (fighting) boxfightable, punchable Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-boxable-en-adj-gwl9wx3D
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: unboxable
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          "ref": "1922, Great Britain. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, The Journal of the Ministry of Agriculture: Volume 29",
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