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UK
/bˈɒks/
]
[ US /ˈbɑks/ ]
[ US /ˈbɑks/ ]
NOUN
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separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people
the sentry stayed in his box to avoid the cold - evergreen shrubs or small trees
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a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
he rummaged through a box of spare parts -
private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance
the royal box was empty -
the driver's seat on a coach
an armed guard sat in the box with the driver -
a blow with the hand (usually on the ear)
I gave him a good box on the ear -
a rectangular drawing
the flowchart contained many boxes -
a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
his lying got him into a tight corner -
the quantity contained in a box
he gave her a box of chocolates -
any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned
the umpire warned the batter to stay in the batter's box
VERB
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hit with the fist
I'll box your ears! - engage in a boxing match
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put into a box
box the gift, please
How To Use box In A Sentence
- Yes, the gearbox was a bit saggy and I was alarmed at how much pressure the brake pedal needed to do an emergency stop, but other than this, all was well.
- For instance, a few weeks ago in my sports statistics class, I envisioned a type of graph that’s a combination boxplot and lineplot — instead of turning towards Excel, I coded a Mathematica module to create this type of graph and then automate the creation of many of these. Wolfram Blog : Get Your Game On for Mathematics Awareness Month!
- And if you can develop a machine to look for the needle in the haystack and what you come out with from having the machine sift through the haystack is a box of straw, where maybe the needle's in there and maybe a few bonus needles, then that's a whole lot better than having humans try to sift through a haystack. Wired Top Stories
- Therefore, at the state that the body is fixed with a plate shape, the cover-used outer swinging cover can be stored in the box-shaped article storage box with a same side.
- For a picnic, chill the strawberries and cream separately, take them along in a cool box, and assemble them on site.
- For example, I see in yonder cupboard near which you are standing, several of what you call boxes (but like everything else in Flatland, they have no tops nor bottoms) full of money; I see also two tablets of accounts. Flatland: a romance of many dimensions (Illustrated)
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- A homeless woman is back on the streets again after being evicted from a telephone box.
- John gives Mary the coin, she hides it in the red box for safe-keeping and departs.