Box
[bɒks] or [bɑks]
Definition
(noun.) a blow with the hand (usually on the ear); 'I gave him a good box on the ear'.
(noun.) a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; 'he rummaged through a box of spare parts'.
(noun.) separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people; 'the sentry stayed in his box to avoid the cold'.
(noun.) private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance; 'the royal box was empty'.
(noun.) the driver's seat on a coach; 'an armed guard sat in the box with the driver'.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) evergreen shrubs or small trees.
(noun.) the quantity contained in a box; 'he gave her a box of chocolates'.
(noun.) a rectangular drawing; 'the flowchart contained many boxes'.
(verb.) engage in a boxing match.
(verb.) hit with the fist; 'I'll box your ears!'.
(verb.) put into a box; 'box the gift, please'.
Inputed by Isabella--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B. suffruticosa), is much used for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc.
(n.) A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes.
(n.) The quantity that a box contain.
(n.) A space with a few seats partitioned off in a theater, or other place of public amusement.
(n.) A chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; as, a poor box; a contribution box.
(n.) A small country house.
(n.) A boxlike shed for shelter; as, a sentry box.
(n.) An axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing.
(n.) A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump.
(n.) The driver's seat on a carriage or coach.
(n.) A present in a box; a present; esp. a Christmas box or gift.
(n.) The square in which the pitcher stands.
(n.) A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue.
(v. t.) To inclose in a box.
(v. t.) To furnish with boxes, as a wheel.
(v. t.) To inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to bring to a required form.
(n.) A blow on the head or ear with the hand.
(v. i.) To fight with the fist; to combat with, or as with, the hand or fist; to spar.
(v. t.) To strike with the hand or fist, especially to strike on the ear, or on the side of the head.
(v. t.) To boxhaul.
Inputed by Cecile
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Case.[2]. Blow, stroke, cuff.
v. a. [1]. Enclose in a box.[2]. Strike (with the hand or fist, as the ears), buffet, cuff.
Editor: Simon
Definition
n. a blow on the head or ear with the hand.—v.t. to strike with the hand or fist.—v.i. to fight with the fists.—ns. Box′er; Box′ing the act of fighting with the fists: a combat with the fists; Box′ing-glove a padded glove worn in boxing.
n. a tree remarkable for the hardness and smoothness of its wood—also Box-tree (Shak.): a case or receptacle for holding anything: the contents of a box: a small house or lodge as a shooting-box &c.: in a theatre a small enclosure with several seats—the boxes = their occupants the ladies: an old square pew or similar enclosure as a sentry-box signal-box &c.: the driver's seat on a carriage: the case in which the ship's compass is kept.—v.t. to put into or furnish with boxes: (slang) to overturn a watchman in his box.—ns. Box′-bed a kind of bed once common in Scotch cottages having its ends sides and roof of wood and capable of being closed in front by two sliding panels; Box′-day one of the Court of Session vacation days when papers ordered to be deposited in court must be lodged.—adj. Box′en made of or like boxwood.—ns. Box′ing-day in England the day after Christmas when boxes or presents are given; Box′-ī′ron a hollow smoothing-iron which is heated by a heater put into it; Box′-keep′er an attendant who opens the doors of boxes at theatres or other places of public amusement; Box′-lobb′y the lobby leading to the boxes in a theatre; Box′wood wood of the box-tree.—In the wrong box in a false position in a scrape.—To be in a box to be in a fix; To box Harry to take a beefsteak mutton-chop or bacon and eggs with tea or ale instead of the regulation dinner of the commercial traveller; To box the compass to name the 32 points in their order and backwards hence to make a complete roundabout in any opinion.
Editor: Wallace
Unserious Contents or Definition
Opening a goods box in your dream, signifies untold wealth and that delightful journeys to distant places may be made with happy results. If the box is empty disappointment in works of all kinds will follow. To see full money boxes, augurs cessation from business cares and a pleasant retirement.
To dream of a full cash box, denotes that favorable prospects will open around you. If empty, you will experience meager reimbursements.
Typist: Paul
Examples
- She called to me faintly, and pointed to a little phial in her work-box. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Robert Jordan heard the stream, far down in the rocks, and he saw a faint, thin smoke that rose from the sentry box. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- As he was returning the box to his waistcoat pocket, a loud bell rang for the servants' dinner; he knew what it was. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- With a real box for the letters, and all complete,' said the Honourable Mr. Crushton. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The camera obscura consisted of a box with a lens at one end and a ground glass at the other, just like a modern camera. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The good woman was desired to leave the witness-box. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- While the frictional appliance is still employed in medicine, it ranks with the flint axe and the tinder-box in industrial obsolescence. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The same girl who feeds the gum into the wrapping machine closes the lids of the boxes and places them on a packing table by her side. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Poririer, a Frenchman, invented a machine for making match boxes of pasteboard. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Besides, most of the boxes and drawers there were mouldering, and did not lock. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He rose with the rest, and surveyed the occupants of the boxes grandly with his opera-glass. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But if we do not deal with them, thou must fire into the sentry boxes and at them if thou seest them. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- This arrangement was generally satisfactory, but the resistance-boxes scattered about the platform and foot-rests being in the way, Edison directed that some No. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Her glance swept the horse-shoe curve of boxes. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Mrs. Reed soon rallied her spirits: she shook me most soundly, she boxed both my ears, and then left me without a word. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- After the dipping they are subjected to a drying process and then boxed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I was so exasperated that I could have boxed her ears. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The goods are then taken out, and after being inspected are boxed for the market. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Had she seen a domestic or one of her daughters give him a draught of water or smooth his pillow, she would have boxed the intruder's ears. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And although my sister instantly boxed my ears, it was highly gratifying to me to see that the answer spoilt his joke, and brought him to a dead stop. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Here the rubber markets are located and here the rubber is carefully examined, graded, boxed and shipped to New York or Liverpool. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Thus the Barnacles were all over the world, in every direction--despatch-boxing the compass. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Machines for Assorting and Dipping, Drying and Boxing. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- And yet rich men probably have a greater superiority in the science and practise of boxing than they have in military qualities. Plato. The Republic.
- He provided foils for us, and Steerforth gave me lessons in fencing--gloves, and I began, of the same master, to improve in boxing. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- A person boxing may dodge a particular blow successfully, but in such a way as to expose himself the next instant to a still harder blow. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I could not shadow-box in front of the narrow long mirror at first because it looked so strange to see a man with a beard boxing. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The professor at the boxing gymnasium wore mustaches and was very precise and jerky and went all to pieces if you started after him. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Checker: Uriah