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(bŏks) 
n.
n.
- A container typically constructed with four sides perpendicular to the base and often having a lid or cover.
- The amount or quantity that such a container can hold.
- A square or rectangle: Draw a box around your answer.
- A separated compartment in a public place of entertainment, such as a theater or stadium, for the accommodation of a small group.
- An area of a public place, such as a courtroom or stadium, marked off and restricted for use by persons performing a specific function: a jury box.
- A small structure serving as a shelter: a sentry box.
- Chiefly British. A small country house used as a sporting lodge: a shooting box.
- A box stall.
- The raised seat for the driver of a coach or carriage.
- Baseball.
- An area on a diamond marked by lines designating where the batter may stand.
- Any of various designated areas for other team members, such as the pitcher, catcher, and coaches.
- Sports. A penalty box.
- Printing. Featured printed matter enclosed by hairlines, a border, or white space and placed within or between text columns.
- A hollow made in the side of a tree for the collection of sap.
- A post office box.
- An inbox.
- An outbox.
- An insulating, enclosing, or protective casing or part in a machine.
- A signaling device enclosed in a casing: an alarm box.
- A cable box.
- Informal. A television.
- A very large portable radio.
- Chiefly British. A gift or gratuity, especially one given at Christmas.
- An awkward or perplexing situation; a predicament.
- Vulgar Slang. The vulva and the vagina.
- To pack in a box.
- To confine in or as if in a box.
- To border or enclose with or as if with a box: Key sections of the report are boxed off.
- To provide a housing or case for (a machine part, for example).
- To limit the activity or influence of by or as if by creating a restrictive structure or outlining a territory: The legislature was boxed in by its earlier decisions.
- Sports. To block (a competitor or opponent) from advancing, especially to hinder an opponent from getting a rebound in basketball by placing oneself between the opponent and the basket: was boxed out by the tallest player on the team; was boxed in on the homestretch.
- Nautical. To boxhaul.
- To cut a hole in (a tree) for the collection of sap.
- To blend (paint) by pouring alternately between two containers.
- To change the shape of (a structure, such as a wall) by applying lath and plaster or boarding.
box the compass
- To name the 32 points of the compass in proper order.
- To make a complete revolution or reversal.
- In a very difficult or restrictive situation.
[Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin buxis, from Greek puxis, from puxos, box tree.]
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Idioms beginning with box:
box the compass
See also in a bind (box); on one's soapbox; pandora's box; stuff the ballot box.
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Definition: place in square or rectangular container
Antonyms: unbox
1. A private seating area for spectators in an auditorium, usually located at the front or side of a mezzanine or balcony; may contain movable, rather than fixed, chairs.
2. An enclosure for mounting an electric device and its associated circuit conductors or for splicing, pulling in, or terminating conductors.
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Boxes have a complex range of meanings, so deciphering the meaning of a box that appears in a dream is often difficult. For Freud, boxes represented the womb or the vagina. Much depends on one's circumstances and on the particular disposition of the box in a dream. During a move, boxes in a dream might simply reflect the moving experience. Certain common metaphors, such as "feeling boxed in," can be expressed by boxes in dreams. Boxes may contain danger (as in "Pandora's box") or gifts (a "gift box").
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For other uses, see Box (disambiguation).
Box (plural boxes) describes a variety of containers and receptacles for permanent use as storage, or for temporary use often for transporting contents. The word derives from the Greek πύξος (puxos), "box, boxwood".[1][2]
Boxes may be made of durable materials such as wood or metal, or of corrugated fiberboard, paperboard, or other non-durable materials. The size may vary from very small (e.g., a matchbox) to the size of a large appliance. A corrugated box is a very common shipping container. When no specific shape is described, a box of rectangular cross-section with all sides flat may be expected, but a box may have a horizontal cross section that is square, elongated, round or oval; sloped or domed top surfaces, or non-vertical sides.
A decorative or storage box may be opened by raising, pulling, sliding or removing the lid, which may be hinged and/or fastened by a catch, clasp, or lock.
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Packaging boxes
Several types of boxes are used in packaging and storage.
- A corrugated box is a shipping container made of corrugated fiberboard. These are most commonly used to transport and warehouse products during distribution, and are rated according to the strength of the material or the capacity of the finished box.
- A folding carton (sometimes called a box) is fabricated from paperboard. The paperboard is printed (if necessary), die-cut and scored to form a blank. These are transported and stored flat, and erected at the point of filling. These are used to package a wide range of goods, intended either for one-time (non-resealable) use or as a storage box for the remaining goods.
- A variant of the folding carton is the gift box, used for birthday or Christmas gifts and often wrapped in decorative wrapping paper; this type is usually of much lighter construction than a similar-sized paperboard box meant for packaging and distribution.
- A "set up" box (or rigid paperboard box) is made of stiffer paperboard, permanently glued together with paper skins that can be printed or colored. Unlike folding cartons, these are assembled at the point of manufacture and transported already "set-up". Set-up boxes are more expensive than folding boxes and are typically used for protecting high value items such as cosmetics, watches or smaller consumer electronics.
- A crate is a heavy duty shipping container originally made of wood. Crates are distinct from wooden boxes, also used as heavy duty shipping containers. For a wooden container to be a crate, all six of its sides must be put in place to result in the rated strength of the container. The strength of a wooden box, on the other hand, is rated based on the weight it can carry before the top or opening is installed.
- A variant of the wooden box is the wooden wine box or wine crate, originally used for shipping and storing expensive wines, but now days for decorative or promotional purposes or as a storage box instead of for protection during shipping.
- A bulk box is a large box often used in industrial environments. It is sized to fit well on a pallet.
Depending on locale and specific usage, the terms carton and box are sometimes used interchangeably.
Storage boxes
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Boxes for storing various items in can often be very decorative, as they are intended for permanent use and sometimes are put on display.
Main article: Decorative boxes
- A jewelry (AmE) or jewellery (BrE) box, is a box for trinkets or jewels. It can take a very modest form with paper covering and lining, covered in leather and lined with satin, or be larger and more highly decorated.
- A humidor is a special box for storing cigars at the proper humidity, by means of absorbent materials that retain and moderate moisture coming from the cigars. Powered boxes can also maintain the right temperature.[citation needed]
- A "strong box" or safe, is a secure lockable box for storing money or other valuable items. The term "strong box" is sometimes used for safes that are no longer portable boxes but are installed in a wall or floor for increased security.
- A toolbox is used for carrying tools of various kinds. The term implies a container meant for portability rather than just storage, for instance with hinged lids, clasps or locks, reinforced corners, and handles. Toolboxes are usually very sturdy, but unlike a shipping box containing dunnage, are not expected to fully protect their contents if the box is inverted or upended.
- The common storage box for tools, instruments, glassware, artworks, etc. is a sturdy box made to be longer-lasting and better-finished than a shipping box or crate. For instance, a box might be a rigid paperboard box instead of a corrugated box. Or it could be a wooden box with a sanded surface and mitered corners instead of a crude crate construction. A storage box may or may not have dunnage or cushions that protect the contents if the box is upended or shaken, and usually does not have hinges, latches or locks, but simply a cover. Boxwood gets its name from its superior properties for manufacturing this type of box, although those properties are equally useful when making a decorative box.
Electrical boxes
In electrical terminology, a "box" is used to contain and protect connections, thus:
- Junction box, a fixed container for electrical connections, frequently installed in walls and containing electrical outlets.
- Fuse box, holds electrical fuses or circuit breakers
Postal service boxes
- Post box (British English and others, also written postbox), or mailbox (North American English and others) is a physical box used to collect mail that is to be sent to a destination. Variants of post boxes for outgoing mail include:
Boxes where postmen deposit incoming mail for the recipient include:
- Letter box (in the US usually called mailbox), positioned near or on the mail recipient's home or place of work.
- Post office box, (often abbreviated P.O. box or PO box), a box rented by the mail recipient to be an independent postal address, located in a post office or in the premises of a company offering such facilities. Self-service boxes are unlocked by the recipient, otherwise a postal clerk retrieves the mail.
A relay box is similar to a post or mail box, but totally locked; post office trucks deposit mail that is then retrieved and delivered by pedestrian mail carriers. In the United States, they are painted differently than collection boxes.
Booths that are sometimes called boxes
See also: Booth (disambiguation)
- Police box, a booth for use by police in 20th century Britain.
- Penalty box, a booth used in sports where a player sits to serve the time of a given penalty.
- Telephone box, a booth containing a public telephone.
- Signal box, a building by a railway to coordinate and control railway signals.
Other boxes
For other uses, see Box (disambiguation).
- Ballot box, a box in which votes (ballot papers) are deposited during voting.
- Black box, something for which the internal operation is not described but its function is.
- Black box (transportation), a durable data-recording device found in some vehicles, used to assist in the investigation of an accident.
- Box, informal reference to large box-shaped parts of a computer, such as the base unit or tower case of a personal computer.
- Coach Box or the driver's seat on a carriage coach.
- Dispatch box, (or despatch box), a box for holding official papers and transporting them.
- Glory box or Hope Chest, a box or chest containing items typically stored by unmarried young women in anticipation of married life.
- Jack-in-the-box, a children's toy containing a surprise.
- Lunch box, or "lunch pail" or "lunch kit", a rigid container used for carrying food. Can also be decorative.
- Mitre box, a woodworking tool used to guide a hand saw to make precise mitre cuts in a board.
- Nest box, a substitute for a hole in a tree for birds to make a nest in.
- Pandora's box, in Greek mythology, a box containing the evils of mankind and also hope.
- Set-top box, a device used to decode and display TV signals.
- Check box, on paper, normally to check off as opinion or option.
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References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
General references, books
- Soroka, W, "Fundamentals of Packaging Technology", IoPP, 2002, ISBN 1-930268-25-4
- Yam, K. L., "Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology", John Wiley & Sons, 2009, ISBN 978-0-470-08704-6
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Box
Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - kasse, boks, æske
v. tr. - lægge i æske
idioms:
- box in lukke inde
- box number billet mrk.
- box office billetkontor
- box pleat wienerlæg
- box score sportsresultater
- box seat logeplads
- box social velgørenhedsmiddag
- box spring fjeder i springmadras, springmadrasfjeder
- box stall staldboks
- box up lukke inde, indsnævre
- out of one's box skrupskør, have en skrue løs
- out of the box fin-fin
2.
v. tr. - bokse mod
v. intr. - bokse
n. - slag
idioms:
- box on the ear ørefigen, lussing
- box oneself into a corner lade sig trænge op i et hjørne
- box someone into a corner trænge nogen op i et hjørne
- box someone's ears lange nogen en lussing, give nogen en ørefigen, stikke nogen en lussing, stikke nogen en på siden af hovedet
3.
n. - buksbom
4.
v. tr. - blande
idioms:
- box the compass komme hele kompasset rundt
Nederlands (Dutch)
doos, kist, trommel, krat, vakje, loge, cabine, televisie, (telefoon)cel, boksen, in doos doen
Français (French)
1.
n. - caisse, (boîte) en carton, coffret, malle (arch), (GB) télé (fam), caisse (d'argent), tronc (dans une église), (Aut, Tech) carter, (Théât) loge, siège (du cocher), (Jur) banc, barre (du témoin), box (d'une étable), (Sport) coquille, (GB) zone d'accès réglementé (à un carrefour), (Imprim) encadré
v. tr. - mettre en boîte ou en caisse
idioms:
- box in encastrer, coincer, (fig) se sentir confiné
- box number numéro d'annonce, référence d'annonce (dans un journal)
- box office (Théât) bureau de location, guichet de location, (faire) recette
- box pleat (Cout) pli creux
- box score boîte d'affichage (des scores)
- box seat loge
- box social vente de charité
- box spring sommier à ressorts
- box stall box, stalle
- box up mettre en boîte, enfermer
- out of one's box enivré (par l'alcool ou la drogue)
- out of the box (Austral, NZ) exceptionnel (fam), prêt à l'utilisation
2.
v. tr. - (Sport) boxer contre, boxer, gifler qn
v. intr. - boxer, participer à un combat de boxe
n. - claque, gifle
idioms:
- box on the ear gifle, claque, taloche
- box oneself into a corner se mettre dans une impasse
- box someone into a corner placer qn dans une impasse
- box someone's ears gifler ou claquer qn
3.
n. - (Bot) buis
4.
v. tr. - (Naut) réciter la rose des vents, (Naut) virer complètement de bord
idioms:
- box the compass (Naut) réciter les aires du vent
Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Schachtel, Karton, Kiste, Loge, Hütte, Flimmerkiste
v. - verpacken
idioms:
- box in in einem Gehäuse unterbringen, einengen
- box number Chiffre, Postfach
- box office Kasse, Vorverkaufsstelle, Fahrkartenschalter
- box pleat Quetschfalte
- box score (tabellarischer) Spielbericht
- box seat Logenplatz
- box social Essenspaketeauktion für wohltätige Zwecke
- box spring Sprungfeder
- box stall (Pferde)box
- box up in Kasten einpacken
- out of one's box (Slang) betrunken/unter Drogeneinfluß, (Slang) den Verstand verloren haben
- out of the box keine Vorkenntnisse/ komplizierten Vorbereitungen benötigend, gleich am Anfang
2.
v. - schlagen, boxen
n. - Schlag
idioms:
- box on the ear Ohrfeige
- box oneself into a corner sich selber Schwierigkeiten machen
- box someone into a corner jmd. in Bedrängnis bringen
- box someone's ears jmdn. ohrfeigen
3.
n. - Buchsbaum, Bux
4.
v. - (naut) die Kompaßpunkte der Reihe nach aufzählen
idioms:
- box the compass die Kompaßpunkte der Reihe nach aufzählen
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κουτί, κασόνι, κιβώτιο, θεωρείο θεάτρου, χώρισμα (στάβλου), έδρα ενόρκων ή μαρτύρων, θυρίδα, θαλαμίσκος, σκοπιά, σπιτάκι, συσκευή τηλεόρασης, χτύπημα, γροθιά, (φυτολ.) πύξος, πυξάρι
v. - βάζω σε κιβώτια, συσκευάζω, πακετάρω, δίνω γροθιά, καρπαζώνω, (αθλοπ.) πυγμαχώ, στριμώχνω αντίπαλο
idioms:
- box in εγκιβωτίζω, στριμώχνω
- box number αριθμός αγγελίας
- box office ταμείο εισιτηρίων (θεάτρου)
- box on the ear μπάτσος στ' αφτιά
- box oneself into a corner περιέρχομαι σε αδιέξοδο, αυτοπαγιδεύομαι
- box pleat κουφόπιετα
- box score πίνακας αποτελέσματος και στατιστικών αγώνα
- box seat θέση θεωρείου (θεάτρου)
- box social φιλανθρωπική συγκέντρωση
- box someone into a corner στριμώχνω
- box someone's ears μπατσίζω στ' αφτιά
- box spring σούστα σομιέ
- box stall χώρισμα, διαμέρισμα στάβλου
- box up στριμώχνω, περιορίζω
- call box (Βρετ.) τηλεφωνικός θάλαμος
- out of one's box έξω από το καβούκι μου
- out of the box πρώτης τάξης (άνθρωπος, πράγμα)
Italiano (Italian)
dare pugni, fare a pugilato, scatola, palco, cabina, scompartimento, tivù, piccolo schermo
idioms:
- box in incastrare
- box number casella postale
- box office biglietteria, botteghino
- box on the ear schiaffo
- box pleat cucitura a cannone
- box score dati di una partita di baseball
- box seat posto privilegiato
- box social riunione di beneficenza
- box spring letto a molle
- box stall stallo
- out of one's box squalificato
- out of the box squalifica
- side box palco di proscenio
Português (Portuguese)
n. - caixa (f), camarote (m), cabina (f), cofre (m), estande (m)
v. - colocar em caixa, encaixotar
idioms:
- black box caixa (f) preta (Aer.)
- box in confinar
- box number número (m) de anúncio de jornal
- box office bilheteria (f)
- box on the ear bater na cabeça de alguém
- box pleat prega (f) dupla
- box score tabela (f) de desempenho de jogadores
- box seat camarote (m)
- box social reunião social em um teatro ou box de pista de corridas
- box someone into a corner colocar alguém em uma situação sem saída
- box spring armação (f) de molas para cama
- box stall baia (f) individual
- box up confinar
- out of one's box pessoa bêbada
- out of the box novo, acabado de ser lançado
- phone box cabina (f) telefônica
- PO box caixa (f) postal
- side box camarote (m)
Русский (Russian)
боксировать, ящик, коробка, ложа, телик
idioms:
- black box черный ящик, засекреченное устройство записывать полет
- box in запихнуть
- box number номер почтового ящика
- box office театральная касса
- box on the ear оплеуха, пощечина
- box pleat бантовая складка
- box score результативная таблица
- box seat место в ложе
- box social продажа коробочек с едой с благотворительной целью
- box someone into a corner забить кого-л. в угол
- box spring диванная пружина
- box stall стойло
- box up стискивать, завернуть в коробку
- out of one's box из собственной тарелки
- out of the box вышел из собственного ящика, освободился
- phone box телефонная будка
- PO box почтовый ящик
- side box ложа на стороне с неполным видом сцены
Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - caja, arcón, estuche, palco, cabina, casilla, pequeña pantalla, tele, contenedor
v. tr. - encajonar, embalar, empaquetar
idioms:
- box in encajonar, embalar
- box number número de apartado de correo
- box office ventanilla, caja, taquilla
- box pleat plisado
- box score cuadro sumario de los resultados de los partidos jugados
- box seat asiento de palco
- box social debatir, deliberar
- box spring colchón de muelles o resortes
- box stall departamento de una cuadra
- box up mantener en silencio
- out of one's box borracho, loco
- out of the box descubrir o revelar algo por accidente
2.
v. tr. - pelear, boxear
v. intr. - pelear, boxear
n. - pelea, cachetada, cachetazo
idioms:
- box on the ear bofetada
- box oneself into a corner arrinconarse, meterse en problemas
- box someone into a corner acorralar o arrinconar a alguien, ponerlo en un aprieto
- box someone's ears dar una cachetada a alguien, abofetear a alguien
3.
n. - boj (arbusto usado para setos)
4.
v. tr. - voltear, hacer un cambio completo
idioms:
- box the compass (mar) cuartear la aguja, dar una vuelta
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - låda, kista, skrin, dosa, box, bås, fack, loge, hylsa, ruta, slag med handen
v. - lägga i en låda
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 盒子, 包厢, 箱, 把...装箱, 使局限于狭小空间, 使分隔
idioms:
- box in 框入
- box number 信箱号
- box office 售票室, 收入
- box pleat 箱形折痕
- box score 个人成绩表
- box seat 剧院包厢
- box social 盒装食品义卖会
- box spring 弹簧床
- box stall 隔间
- box up 装箱, 困住
- out of one's box 脱离困境
- out of the box 顶刮刮的
2. 一掌, 一拳, 巴掌, 耳光, 打, 击, 与...进行拳击比赛, 与...斗拳, 斗拳, 参加拳击比赛
idioms:
- box on the ear 打耳光
- box oneself into a corner 使自己陷入困境
- box someone into a corner 逼得某人走投无路
- box someone's ears 打耳光
3. 黄杨属植物, 黄杨木
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 一掌, 一拳, 巴掌, 耳光
v. tr. - 打, 擊, 與...進行拳擊比賽, 與...鬥拳
v. intr. - 鬥拳, 參加拳擊比賽
idioms:
- box on the ear 打耳光
- box oneself into a corner 使自己陷入困境
- box someone into a corner 逼得某人走投無路
- box someone's ears 打耳光
2.
n. - 盒子, 包廂, 箱
v. tr. - 把...裝箱, 使局限於狹小空間, 使分隔
idioms:
- box in 框入
- box number 信箱號
- box office 售票室, 收入
- box pleat 箱形摺痕
- box score 個人成績表
- box seat 劇院包廂
- box social 盒裝食品義賣會
- box spring 彈簧床
- box stall 隔間
- box up 裝箱, 困住
- out of one's box 脫離困境
- out of the box 頂呱呱的
3.
n. - 黃楊屬植物, 黃楊木
한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 상자, 선물, 배심석
v. tr. - ~을 상자에 넣다
idioms:
- box in 상자에 넣다
- box up 상자에 포장하다
2.
v. tr. - ~을 손바닥으로 때리다, ~와 권투하다
v. intr. - 권투하다
n. - 일격, 따귀
idioms:
- box oneself into a corner 스스로를 문제의 상황에 몰아 넣다
3.
n. - 회양목
4.
v. tr. - 주위를 비행하다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 箱, 一箱, 陪審席, 仕切り席, ボックス, 番小屋, バッターボックス, コーチャーズボックス, 私書箱, 平手打ち, ツゲ
v. - 箱に入れる, ボクシングをする, 平手で殴る
idioms:
- box in げんこつで打つ, 閉じ込める
- box number 私書箱番号, 広告返信用番号
- box office 切符売場, 切符売上金
- box on the ear 横っ面をなぐる
- box pleat 箱ひだ
- box score ボックススコア, 摘要
- box seat 御者席, ボックスシート
- box social 競売会
- box someone into a corner 窮地に追いやる
- box someone's ears 横っつらを殴る
- box spring ボックススプリング
- box stall ひと仕切り
- box up 箱詰めにする, 狭い所へ押し込む
- out of one's box 窮地を脱して
- out of the box 困難を脱して
- Pandora's box パンドラの箱, 諸悪の根源
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) علبه, صندوق, لكمه (فعل) تلاكم, وضع في صندوق أو علبه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - קופסה, ארגז, תא, טלוויזיה, מתקן במערכת עיתון לתשובות למודעות, שטח סגור, שטח מודפס המוגבל ע"י קווים, ביתן מחוץ לעיר לעיסוק בדייג או בספורט אחר, מגן אשכים (בעת עיסוק בספורט), איזור העונשין (כדורגל), מושב המאמן
v. tr. - שם בארגזים, נתן קופסה או שם דבר בתוכה
n. - מכת אגרוף, אגרוף, סטירה
v. tr. - התאגרף, היכה באגרוף, סטר
v. intr. - התאגרף
n. - תאשור (עץ)
v. tr. - מנה את כיווני המצפן בסדר נכון, הפך כיוון
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