Box vs Knock - What's the difference?

Box is a related term of knock.

As nouns the difference between box and knock

is that box is box (rectangular container) while knock is an abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.

As a verb knock is

(dated) to rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.

box

English

(wikipedia 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.

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.

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.

(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:

knock

English

Noun

(en noun)

An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood

I heard a knock on my door.

An impact.

He took a knock on the head.

(figurative) criticism

* 2012 , Tom Lamont, How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world'' (in ''The Daily Telegraph , 15 November 2012)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/nov/15/mumford-sons-biggest-band-world]

Since forming in 2007 Mumford & Sons have hard-toured their way to a vast market for throaty folk that's strong on banjo and bass drum. They have released two enormous albums. But, wow, do they take some knocks back home.

(cricket) a batsman's innings.

He played a slow but sure knock of 35.

(automotive) Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition or the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.

Verb

(en verb)

(dated) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.

Knock on the door and find out if they're home.

(dated) To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.

* Shakespeare

Master, knock the door hard.

(ambitransitive, dated) To bump or impact.

I knocked against the table and bruised my leg.

I accidentally knocked my drink off the bar.

* 1900 , L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23

"The Silver Shoes," said the Good Witch, "have wonderful powers. And one of the most curious things about them is that they can carry you to any place in the world in three steps, and each step will be made in the wink of an eye. All you have to do is to knock the heels together three times and command the shoes to carry you wherever you wish to go."

(colloquial) To denigrate, undervalue.

Don't knock it until you've tried it.

(soccer) To pass, kick a ball towards another player.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=January 11 , author=Jonathan Stevenson , title=West Ham 2 - 1 Birmingham , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Despite enjoying more than their fair share of possession the visitors did not look like creating anything, with their lack of a killer ball painfully obvious as they harmlessly knocked the ball around outside the home side's box without ever looking like they would hurt them. }}

Derived terms

* knock someone's block off * knock someone's socks off

Derived terms

* antiknock * knock about * knock around * knock down * knock for a loop * knock it off * knock knock * knock off / knockoff * knock oneself out * knock somebody's socks off * knock out / knockout * knock over * knock up * knocked up * knocker * knocker up * knocking shop * school of hard knocks English onomatopoeias 1000 English basic words