box

Definitions of box in various dictionaries:

noun - a (usually rectangular) container

noun - private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance

noun - the quantity contained in a box

noun - a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible

noun - a rectangular drawing

noun - evergreen shrubs or small trees

noun - any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned

noun - the driver's seat on a coach

noun - separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people

noun - a blow with the hand (usually on the ear)

verb - put into a box

verb - hit with the fist

verb - engage in a boxing match

Abbr.

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.

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.

A penalty box.

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 insulating, enclosing, or protective casing or part in a machine.

A signaling device enclosed in a casing: an alarm box.

A television.

A very large portable radio.

A gift or gratuity, especially one given at Christmas.

An awkward or perplexing situation; a predicament.

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.

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.

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.

To name the 32 points of the compass in proper order.

In a very difficult or restrictive situation.

To hit with the hand or fist.

To take part in a boxing match with.

Any of several evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus Buxus, especially the Eurasian species B.

The hard, light yellow wood of these plants, used to make musical instruments, rulers, inlays, and engraving blocks.

Any of several other shrubs or trees with similar foliage or timber.

verb - to put in a box (a rectangular container)

BOX - Box (plural: boxes) describes a variety of containers and receptacles for permanent use as storage, or for temporary use, often for transporting cont...