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What does box mean?

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Noun
  1. A cuboid space; a container, usually with a hinged lid.
  2. As much as fills a such a container.
  3. A compartment of a storage furniture, or of a part of such a furniture, such as of a drawer, shelving, etc.
  4. A compartment to sit in at a theater, courtroom, or auditorium.
  5. A small rectangular shelter like a booth.
  6. A rectangle.
  7. An input field on an interactive electronic display.
  8. A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements.
  9. A trap or predicament.
  10. The driver's seat on a coach.
  11. (cricket)  A hard protector for the genitals worn by a batsman or close fielder inside the underpants.
  12. (engineering)  A cylindrical casing around for example a bearing or gland.
  13. (soccer)  The penalty area.
  14. (computing, slang)  A computer, or the case in which it is housed. usage syn. transl.
  15. (slang, with theTelevision.
  16. (euphemistic)  Coffin.
  17. (juggling)  A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape.
  18. Horse box.
  19. (baseball) The rectangle in which the batter stands.
  20. A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue.
  21. (dated) A small country house.
  22. (informal) box lacrosse
  23. (genetics) One of two specific regions in a promoter.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To place inside a box; to pack in boxes.
  2. (transitive, usually with 'in') To hem in.
  3. (transitive, object-oriented programming) To place a value of a primitive type into a corresponding object.
  4. (transitive) To mix two containers of paint of similar color to ensure that the color is identical.
  5. (transitive) To furnish (e.g. a wheel) with boxes.
  6. (architecture) To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to bring to a required form.
  7. (transitive) To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
Noun
  1. Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus Buxus.
  2. Boxwood: the wood from a box tree.
  3. (Australia) Species of Lophostemon.
  4. (slang) A musical instrument, especially/usually one made from boxwood.
Noun
  1. A blow with the fist.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To strike with fists; to punch.
  2. (transitive) To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.
  3. (intransitive) To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.
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