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A container with a flat base and sides, typically square or rectangular and having a lid
“A ripening banana put in a lidded box with green tomatoes turns them red.”
A strike with a hand, especially with a closed fist
“She gave me a playful box on the shoulder after learning that she had just been pranked.”
An electronic device, with a screen and speakers, that reproduces images and sound
“Is there anything worth watching on the box this evening?”
A problematic situation that is difficult or impossible to escape
“That puts me as a police officer in a real box because I am perceived as the bad guy when I patrol the neighborhood.”
A cube-shaped enclosure
“He set up a box outside the stadium to sell burgers and hotdogs.”
A drawn or printed rectangle on a form, document, etc.
“Place a tick in the box that most applies to your situation.”
A small, simple, single-storey house or shelter
A rectangular area on a computer terminal or screen containing a user interface
The passage leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus
A raised enclosed platform in a church or chapel from which the preacher delivers a sermon
A rack or manger for fodder
A box or container into which mail is put
Special seat in theatre or stadium
A cash register or drawer for money in a shop, bank, or restaurant
A cage or pen in which poultry are kept
Restricted zone around the goal in soccer
A large amount of something
Portable transistor box for personal music listening
A storage unit for medications and first-aid supplies
A small storage compartment in a vehicle's dashboard used for holding gloves and personal items
An indoor version of lacrosse played mostly in North America, and distinguished from field lacrosse
Box tree
A (usually digital) data processing machine
The meeting of fists as a social gesture, equivalent to a high-five
A place where things are kept for future use or sale
An accessible structure extending from a building, especially from a window or elevated position
The outer casing of an object, especially a motor vehicle or an aircraft
A place where one lives or calls home
To punch someone, usually with a closed fist
“The children would feed it bananas, but the kangaroo would box anyone who came near it.”
To fight an opponent using one's fists, especially in a competition
“Why does this boy never have a chance to box overseas and fight real boxers?”
To put or place in a box
“Harry started getting antsy because Rufus, the jewelry salesman, was taking forever to box his gift.”
To engage in forceful or violent confrontations
To ambush or ensnare by hiding and unexpectedly intercepting
To enclose (something) in or as if in a capsule
To encase within a frame
To confine within an enclosure, typically of farm animals
To bring a square-rigged ship onto a new tack by hauling back the foresails whilst steering hard round
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