box Etymology 1
From (etyl) box, from (etyl) .
Noun
( boxes)
A space; a container, usually with a hinged lid.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=( The China Governess)
, chapter=1 citation
, passage=The huge square box , parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, […].}}
As much as fills a such a container.
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A compartment of a storage furniture, or of a part of such a furniture, such as of a drawer, shelving, etc.
A compartment to sit in at a theater, courtroom or auditorium.
A small rectangular shelter like a booth.
- a sentry box
A rectangle.
- Place a tick or a cross in the box .
- This text would stand out better if we put it in a box of colour.
An input field on an interactive electronic display.
A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements.
A trap or predicament.
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The driver's seat on a coach.
(cricket) A hard protector for the genitals worn by a batsman or close fielder inside the underpants.
(engineering) A cylindrical casing around for example a bearing or gland.
(football) The penalty area.
* {{quote-news
, year=2010
, date=December 29
, author=Chris Whyatt
, title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton
, work=BBC
citation
, passage=Poised link-up play between Essien and Lampard set the Ghanaian midfielder free soon after but his left-footed shot from outside the box was too weak.}}
(computing, slang) A computer, or the case in which it is housed.
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(slang, offensive) The vagina.
(euphemistic) Coffin.
(juggling) A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape.
Horse box.
* 1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 22[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/22]
- He was a fine-looking middle-aged man, and his voice said at once that he expected to be obeyed. He was very friendly and polite to John, and after giving us a slight look, he called a groom to take us to our boxes , and invited John to take some refreshment.
(baseball) The rectangle in which the stands.
A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue.
(dated) A small country house.
- a shooting box
- (Wilson)
* Cowper
- tight boxes neatly sashed
(informal) box lacrosse
Usage notes
* (computer) The whimsical plural (boxen) is occasionally used.
Synonyms
* ( rectangular container) case, package
* ( as much as fills a box) boxful
* ( compartment to sit in) loge
* ( small shelter like a booth) shelter
* ( input field on an electronic display) text box
* ( sense, driver's seat on a coach) box seat
* gash, pussy, twat
* ( television) telly ( UK), tube, TV
* computer, machine
* ( protector for the genitals) cup ( US)
Derived terms
* airbox
* apple-box
* axle-box
* ballot box
* bandbox
* beatbox
* be in a box
* be in the same box
* be in the wrong box
* bento box
* bitty box
* black box
* blue box
* boom box, boom-box, boombox
* box and needle
* box-anneal
* box-annealing
* box-back
* boxball
* box-barrage
* box-beam
* box-bed
* box-bill
* box-board, boxboard
* box-club
* box camera
* box canyon
* box-car, boxcar
* box-cart
* box-chronometer
* box-churn
* box-cloth
* box-club
* box coat
* box-coil
* box-colored, box-coloured
* box-coupling
* box-crab
* box-cutter
* box-day
* box-desk
* box-drain
* boxen
* box end wrench
* boxer
* box-feeding
* box file
* box-fish, boxfish
* box-fitter
* box-food
* box frame, box-frame
* boxful
* box girder
* box-grain
* box-groove
* box guitar
* box-hand
* box-hat
* box-head, boxhead
* box-hook
* box-house
* box-iron
* box jellyfish
* box junction
* box-keeper, boxkeeper
* box-keeperess
* box-key
* box kite
* box lacrosse
* boxlock
* box-letter
* box-level
* box-lobby
* box-loom
* box lunch
* box lyre
* box magazine
* boxmaker, boxmaking
* box-man
* box-master
* box-mattress
* box-meat
* box-metal
* box-money
* box-motion
* box number
* box-nut
* a box of birds
* box of chocolates
* box office, box-office
* box of matches
* box-ottoman
* box-oyster
* box-plan
* box pleat
* box-pleated
* box-pleating
* box profits
* box-rent
* box room, box-room, boxroom
* box score
* box seat, box-seat
* box set, box-set
* box-shutter
* box-slater
* box-sleigh
* box social
* box spanner
* box spread
* box spring, box-spring
* box-square
* box-stair
* box-staircase
* box stall
* box-standard
* box-staple
* box step
* box-stone
* box-strap
* box-string
* box-swivel
* box-tail
* box-tappet
* box-tenon
* box-ticking
* box-timbering
* box-toe
* box-tool
* box top, box-top
* box-tortoise
* box-trap
* box-tricycle
* box turtle
* box-valve
* box-van
* box-wagon
* box-wallah
* box wrench, box-wrench
* boxy
* brain box, brain-box, brainbox
* breadbox
* CAAT box
* cable box
* call box, call-box
* cardboard box
* cartridge-box
* cash-box, cashbox
* chatterbox
* check box (checkbox)
* Chinese boxes
* chocolate-box
* Christmas box
* cigar box
* clack-box
* coachbox
* coal-box
* coin-box
* collecting box
* color-box, colour-box
* comb-box
* combo box (combobox)
* coolbox
* coupling-box
* cracker-box
* dead-letter box
* deed-box
* dialog box
* dice-box, dicebox
* dirt-box
* dispatch-box
* ditty-box
* dog-box, dogbox
* dredge-box
* dredging-box
* dressing-box
* dressing-up box
* drink box
* driving-box
* dumb as a box of rocks
* dust-box
* egg-box
* embox
* feed-box
* feeding-box
* fire-box, firebox
* first-aid box
* fishing box
* flush-box
* front box
* fuse-box, fusebox
* fuzz box, fuzzbox
* gearbox
* GC box
* glory box
* glove box, glovebox
* goggle-box
* Goldberg-Hogness box, Hogness box
* grass box
* hat-box, hatbox
* hay-box, haybox
* hell-box, hellbox
* homeobox, homoeobox
* horse box, horse-box, horsebox
* hot box, hotbox
* hunting box
* icebox
* idiot box
* in-box, inbox
* Jack-in-a-box, Jack-in-the-box, jack-in-the-box
* jewel box, jewel-box
* journal box
* juice box
* junction-box
* jukebox
* jury box
* knife-box
* knock out of the box
* letterbox
* light box
* list box
* live-box
* lockbox
* loose box, loosebox
* love box
* lunch box, lunch-box, lunchbox
* magic box
* mail-box, mailbox
* marmalade box
* matchbox
* missionary-box
* miter box, mitre box
* money box, moneybox
* moss-box
* mud box
* muscle-box
* musical box
* music-box
* nest-box
* nesting box
* omnibus box
* one out of the box
* out-box, outbox
* out of the box
* packing box
* paddle-box
* paint box, paintbox
* Pandora’s box
* patch-box
* pay box
* peg-box
* pegbox
* penalty box
* pepperbox
* phone box
* pillar box, pillar-box
* pillbox
* play-box, playbox
* PO box
* police box
* poor box
* post-box, postbox
* post-office box
* potato-box
* pounce-box
* pouncet-box
* powder-box
* power box
* prattle-box
* press box, press-box
* private box
* prompt-box
* prompter's box
* property box
* puff box
* rattlebox
* resistance-box
* safe-deposit box, safety-deposit box
* salt-box, saltbox
* sandbox
* saucebox
* savings-box
* scent-box
* search box
* seed-box, seedbox
* sentry box
* set-top box
* shoe-box, shoebox
* shooting box
* show-box
* side box, side-box
* signal box
* Skinner box
* six-yard box
* skybox
* sluice-box
* slushbox
* smoke-box, smokebox
* snow box
* snuffbox
* soap-box, soapbox
* sound box, sound-box, soundbox
* spice-box
* spitbox
* spurious box
* squawk box, squawk-box, squawkbox
* squeeze-box, squeezebox
* stage box
* strong-box, strongbox
* stuffing box, stuffing-box
* sugar-box
* suggestion box
* swear box
* sweat-box, sweatbox
* swell box
* tar-box
* TATA box
* T-box
* telephone box
* tell-box
* text box (textbox)
* thunder-box
* tick all the boxes
* tick box
* tinder box, tinder-box, tinderbox
* tobacco-box
* toolbox
* touch-box
* tuck box
* tucker-box
* tumbling box, tumbling-box
* unbox
* upper box
* vanity box, vanity-box
* versing box
* voice box, voice-box
* wagon box
* watch-box
* weather-box
* weigh-box
* the whole box and dice
* window-box
* wine box
* witness box, witness-box
* work-box, workbox
* writing-box
* Yerkes discrimination box
* yogibogeybox
Descendants
* Portuguese:
Verb
(es)
To place inside a box; to pack in boxes.
(usually with 'in') To hem in.
(computing) To place a value of a primitive type into a corresponding object.
To mix two containers of paint of similar color to ensure that the color is identical.
To furnish (e.g. a wheel) with boxes.
(architecture) To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to bring to a required form.
To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
Synonyms
* (to place inside a box) box up, case, embox, encase, pack, package, package up
* (to hem in) corner
Derived terms
* abox
* autoboxing
* box about
* boxed
* boxer
* box-haul, boxhaul
* box-hauling
* box in
* boxing
* Boxing Day
* box off
* box out
* box the compass
* box up
Antonyms
* (place inside a box) unbox, uncase, unpack
Etymology 2
(etyl), from (etyl), from (etyl) buxus, from (etyl) .
Noun
( boxes)
Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus Buxus .
* '>citation
Boxwood: the wood from a box tree.
* 1884 , John R. Jackson, “Boxwood and its Substitutes”, reprinted in Journal of the Society of Arts , 1885 April 10, page 567 :
- Nevertheless, the application of woods other than box' for purposes for which that wood is now used would tend to lessen the demand for ' box , and thus might have an effect in lowering its price.
(slang) A musical instrument, especially/usually one made from boxwood.
* 1937 , , Their Eyes Were Watching God , Harper Perennial (2000), page 100:
- “Evenin’, folks. Thought y’all might lak uh lil music this evenin’ so Ah brought long mah box .”
Derived terms
* box elder
* box holly
* box thorn
Synonyms
* (evergreen shrub or tree) boxwood
Derived terms
* bastard box
* bonnet-box
* box alder, box elder
* boxberry
* box-edged
* boxen
* boxer
* box-gum
* box-holly
* box-room
* box-slip
* box-thorn, boxthorn
* box-tree
* boxwood
* flowering box
* grey box
* prickly box
* Queensland box
* red box
* Tasmanian box
Etymology 3
(etyl) (fist, pugilism)
Noun
( boxes)
A blow with the fist.
* Washington Irving
- And then he whispered something to the girl which made her laugh, and give him a good-humored box on the ear.
Synonyms
* (blow with the fist) blow, punch
Verb
( es)
To strike with fists; to punch.
- box someone's ears
- Leave this place before I box you!
To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.
To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.
Derived terms
(derived terms)
* BoxAerobics, boxaerobics
* box clever
* Boxer
* boxer
* boxercise
* boxiana
* boxing
* box it out
* box on
* box-on
* box oneself into a corner
* out-box
* shadow-box, shadowbox
Descendants
* German:
* Portuguese:
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baste English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .
Verb
(bast)
To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
* {{quote-news, year=1991, date=June 14, author=J.F. Pirro, title=Custom Work, work=Chicago Reader citation
, passage=He bastes the coat together with thick white thread almost like string, using stitches big enough to be ripped out easily later. }}
Etymology 2
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Verb
(bast)
To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
(by extension) To coat over something
* {{quote-news, year=2001, date=April 20, author=Peter Margasak, title=Almost Famous, work=Chicago Reader citation
, passage=Ice Cold Daydream" bastes the bayou funk of the Meters in swirling psychedelia, while "Sweet Thang," a swampy blues cowritten with his dad, sounds like something from Dr. John's "Night Tripper" phase. }}
To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar.
Etymology 3
Perhaps from the cookery sense of baste or from some Scandinavian source. Compare (etyl) (whence
(etyl) ). Compare also
(etyl) and
(etyl)
Verb
( bast)
To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
* Samuel Pepys
- One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some people over on his back through the waters.
Anagrams
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