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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "box"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ, āĻĄāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻŦāĻž

a container, usually with four sides, a bottom, and a lid, that we use for moving or keeping things
box definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He put the fragile items in a padded box for protection.
āϏ⧇ āĻ­āĻ™ā§āϗ⧁āϰ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻĄā§‡āĻĄ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϞāϜ, āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ

private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance
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āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ, āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāύ

the quantity contained in a box
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āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž, āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ

a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
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āϚāĻĄāĻŧ, āĻĨāĻžāĻĒā§āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ

a blow with the hand (usually on the ear)
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āϞāϜ, āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϏ

separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people
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āϚāĻžāϞāϕ⧇āϰ āφāϏāύ, āϚāĻžāϞāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ

the driver's seat on a coach
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āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ, āφāϝāĻŧāϤāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ

any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned
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āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϏ āĻ—āĻžāĻ›, āϚāĻŋāϰāĻšāϰāĻŋā§Ž āϗ⧁āĻ˛ā§āĻŽ

evergreen shrubs or small trees
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āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ, āĻšā§‡āĻ•āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϏ

a rectangular space used for selection or input, like a checkbox
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He ticked the box to confirm his choice.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇ āϟāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ, āĻŸā§‡āϞāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻļāύ

a television, often used casually
Dialectbritish flagBritish
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He turned on the box to catch the evening news.
āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻ–āĻŦāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏāϟāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ, āϏāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āϏāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽ

a car stereo system, especially one that is powerful or has large speakers
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I just installed a new box in my ride, the sound quality is amazing.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϏ āχāύāĻ¸ā§āϟāϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ, āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāύ āφāĻļā§āϚāĻ°ā§āϝāϜāύāĻ•āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž

to put something into a box, typically for storage, transportation, or organization
Transitive: to box sth
to box definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In preparation for the move, they needed to box their books for safe transport.
āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻšāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāχāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to participate in a regulated physical contest where participants use their fists to strike and defend against blows
Intransitive
to box definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The gym offers classes for individuals who want to learn how to box for fitness or self-defense.
āϜāĻŋāĻŽ āĻĢāĻŋāϟāύ⧇āϏ āĻŦāĻž āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ āϏāϰāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻš āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽā§āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to deliver blows using closed fists
Transitive: to box sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The siblings often playfully boxed each other in the backyard, wearing oversized gloves.
āĻ­āĻžāχāĻŦā§‹āύ⧇āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āωāĻ āĻžāύ⧇ āĻāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āϰāϤ, āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ—ā§āϞāĻžāĻ­āϏ āĻĒāϰ⧇āĨ¤

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