"box" meaning in English

See box in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bɒks/ [UK], /bɑːks/ [US] Audio: en-us-box.ogg [US], EN-AU ck1 box.ogg [Australia] Forms: box [singular], boxes [plural]
enPR: bäks [US] Head templates: {{irrnoun|boxes}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A box is a square container, usually with four sides, a top and a bottom.
    Sense id: simple-box-en-noun-gHqkszTl
  2. A box is a container.
    Sense id: simple-box-en-noun-6MjKCnsj
  3. A box is a square area with lines around it in a magazine, book, or computer screen.
    Sense id: simple-box-en-noun-NOEdNauF
  4. A box is an electronic device such as a television, radio, or computer.
    Sense id: simple-box-en-noun-gybx9~Fg

Verb

IPA: /bɒks/ [UK], /bɑːks/ [US] Audio: en-us-box.ogg [US], EN-AU ck1 box.ogg [Australia] Forms: box [canonical], boxes [third-person, singular], boxed [past], boxed [past, participle], boxing [present, participle]
enPR: bäks [US] Head templates: {{verb|box|es}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you box, you fight someone for sport by punching them.
    Sense id: simple-box-en-verb-XPre~r6K
  2. If you box something (up), you put it in a box.
    Sense id: simple-box-en-verb-~tjnLpwc
  3. If you box something on a page, you draw a square around it.
    Sense id: simple-box-en-verb-vO3RE46e
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        {
          "text": "We had big cardboard boxes filled with the stuff."
        },
        {
          "text": "I gave my seat to an old woman with a chicken in a wooden box."
        },
        {
          "text": "It was always fun to open my lunch box and see what my mom had packed."
        },
        {
          "text": "Jack Ferguson found a box containing his son's personal papers,"
        },
        {
          "text": "After the party, there were empty pizza boxes everywhere."
        },
        {
          "text": "UPS had delivered a stack of boxes."
        }
      ],
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      "raw_tags": [
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    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The address was a local post office box, not a physical address."
        },
        {
          "text": "My cell phone was in the glove box of the car."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A box is a container."
      ],
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      "raw_tags": [
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    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It's especially important to speak to your doctor if you belong to this group (see box on page 118)."
        },
        {
          "text": "Right-click in any Explorer window or any Open or Save dialog box."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A box is a square area with lines around it in a magazine, book, or computer screen."
      ],
      "id": "simple-box-en-noun-NOEdNauF",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We'd brought a boom box out back and played the only radio station that came in."
        },
        {
          "text": "More TVs get connected to the Internet, either directly or through set-top boxes."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A box is an electronic device such as a television, radio, or computer."
      ],
      "id": "simple-box-en-noun-gybx9~Fg",
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      ]
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/bɑːks/",
      "tags": [
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      "sampa": "/bA:ks/",
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}

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          "text": "He boxed his old belongings up."
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      "ipa": "/bɑːks/",
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        {
          "text": "We had big cardboard boxes filled with the stuff."
        },
        {
          "text": "I gave my seat to an old woman with a chicken in a wooden box."
        },
        {
          "text": "It was always fun to open my lunch box and see what my mom had packed."
        },
        {
          "text": "Jack Ferguson found a box containing his son's personal papers,"
        },
        {
          "text": "After the party, there were empty pizza boxes everywhere."
        },
        {
          "text": "UPS had delivered a stack of boxes."
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      "examples": [
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          "text": "It's especially important to speak to your doctor if you belong to this group (see box on page 118)."
        },
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          "text": "Right-click in any Explorer window or any Open or Save dialog box."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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          "text": "We'd brought a boom box out back and played the only radio station that came in."
        },
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          "text": "More TVs get connected to the Internet, either directly or through set-top boxes."
        }
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        "UK"
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      "ipa": "/bɑːks/",
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