box
Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
Noun 4 meanings
Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space
“Place a tick in the box.”
A rectangular object in any number of dimensions.
Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of genus Buxus, especially common box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary.
Verb 4 meanings
To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.
Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.
To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.
To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
Etymology
From Middle English box (“container, box, cup”), from Old English box (“box, case”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā (“box”) from Late Latin buxis (“box”), Latin pyxis (“small box for medicines or toiletries”), of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “box or tablet made of boxwood; box; cylinder”) and πύξος (púxos, “box tree; boxwood”).
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BOX at a glance
BOX has 3 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (B 3 + O 1 + X 8) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #924 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with box
All rhymes- INBOX14
- MAILBOX18
- GEARBOX17
- JUKEBOX27
- SANDBOX17
- TOOLBOX16
- LUNCHBOX22
- MATCHBOX24
- SHOEBOX19
- LETTERBOX18
- SOAPBOX18
- CHECKBOX28
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