1. a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover.
2. the quantity contained in a box: She bought a box of candy as a gift.
3. a gift or present: a Christmas box.
4. post office box.
5. a compartment or section in a public place, shut or railed off for the accommodation of a small number of people, especially in a theater, opera house, sports stadium, etc.
6. a small enclosure or area in a courtroom, for witnesses or the jury.
7. a small shelter: a sentry's box.
8. British.
• a small house, cabin, or cottage, as for use while hunting: a shooting box.
• a telephone booth.
• a wardrobe trunk.
9. box stall.
10. the driver's seat on a coach.
11. the section of a wagon in which passengers or parcels are carried.
12. the section of a truck in which cargo is carried.
13. television: Are there any good shows on the box tonight?
14. part of a page of a newspaper or periodical set off in some manner, as by lines, a border, or white space.
15. any enclosing, protective case or housing, sometimes including its contents: a gear box; a fire-alarm box.
16. Baseball.
• either of two marked spaces, one on each side of the plate, in which the batter stands.
• either of two marked spaces, one outside of first base and the other outside of third, where the coaches stand.
• the pitcher's mound.
• the marked space where the catcher stands.
17. a difficult situation; predicament.
18. a bowl or pit cut in the side of a tree for collecting sap.
19. Jazz Slang.
• a stringed instrument, as a guitar.
• a piano.
20. Informal.
• a phonograph.
• a boom box.
• a computer.
21. a coffin.
22. Slang: Vulgar.
• the vulva or vagina.
• basket (def. 9).

23. to put into a box: She boxed the glassware before the movers came.
24. to enclose or confine as in a box (often followed by in or up).
25. to furnish with a box.
26. to form into a box or the shape of a box.
27. to block so as to keep from passing or achieving better position (often followed by in): The Ferrari was boxed in by two other cars on the tenth lap.
28. to group together for consideration as one unit: to box bills in the legislature.
29. to enclose or conceal (a building or structure) as with boarding.
30. to make a hole or cut in (a tree) for sap to collect.
31. to mix (paint, varnish, or the like) by pouring from one container to another and back again.
32. Australian.
• to mix groups of sheep that should be kept separated.
• to confuse someone or something.

33. to position oneself between an opposing player and the basket to hinder the opposing player from rebounding or tipping in a shot; block out.

34. remarkable or exceptional; extraordinary.
35. in an innovative or unconventional manner; with a fresh perspective: You have to think outside the box and adapt those strategies to your business.

1. to fight against (someone) in a boxing match.
2. to strike with the hand or fist, especially on the ear.

3. to fight with the fists; participate in a boxing match; spar.
4. to be a professional or experienced prizefighter or boxer: He has boxed since he was 16.

5. a blow, as with the hand or fist: He gave the boy a box on his ear.

1. an evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Buxus, especially B. sempervirens, having shiny, elliptic, dark-green leaves, used for ornamental borders, hedges, etc., and yielding a hard, durable wood.
2. the wood itself.
3. any of various other shrubs or trees, especially species of eucalyptus.

1. to boxhaul (often followed by off).
2. to fly around the center of a storm in a boxlike pattern in order to gather meteorological data: to box a storm.

3. to recite all of the points of the compass in a clockwise order.

1. a receptacle or container made of wood, cardboard, etc, usually rectangular and having a removable or hinged lid
2. the contents of such a receptacle or the amount it can contain
3. any of various containers for a specific purpose
4. any of various small cubicles, kiosks, or shelters
5. a separate compartment in a public place for a small group of people, as in a theatre or certain restaurants
6. an enclosure within a courtroom
7. a compartment for a horse in a stable or a vehicle
8. a small country house occupied by sportsmen when following a field sport, esp shooting
• a protective housing for machinery or mechanical parts
• the contents of such a box
• (in combination)
10. a shaped device of light tough material worn by sportsmen to protect the genitals, esp in cricket
11. a section of printed matter on a page, enclosed by lines, a border, or white space
12. a central agency to which mail is addressed and from which it is collected or redistributed
13. the central part of a computer or the casing enclosing it
14. short for penalty box
15. either of the designated areas in which the batter may stand
16. the raised seat on which the driver sits in a horse-drawn coach
17. a wheeled container for transporting coal in a mine
18. an accidental mixing of herds or flocks
19. a hole cut into the base of a tree to collect the sap
20. short for Christmas box
21. a device for dividing water into two or more ditches in an irrigation system
22. an informal name for a coffin
23. the female genitals
24. to be very well indeed
25. television
26. to think in a different, innovative, or original manner, esp with regard to business practices, products, systems, etc
27. to satisfy all of the apparent requirements for success
28. outstanding or excellent

29. to put into a box
30. to prevent from moving freely; confine
31. to enclose (text) within a ruled frame
32. to make a cut in the base of (a tree) in order to collect the sap
33. to mix (flocks or herds) accidentally
34. to confuse
35. nautical short for boxhaul
36. to name the compass points in order

1. to fight (an opponent) in a boxing match
2. to engage in boxing
3. to hit (a person) with the fist; punch or cuff
4. to behave in a careful and cunning way

5. a punch with the fist, esp on the ear

1. a dense slow-growing evergreen tree or shrub of the genus Buxus, esp B. sempervirens, which has small shiny leaves and is used for hedges, borders, and garden mazes: family Buxaceae
2. the wood of this tree
3. any of several trees the timber or foliage of which resembles this tree, esp various species of Eucalyptus with rough bark

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