Box vs Man - What's the difference?

box | man |

As a noun box

is box (rectangular container).

As a pronoun man is

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:

man

English

Noun

(men)

An adult male human.

* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), Henry V , act 4, scene 1:

The king is but a man , as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth to me.

*:“it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”

(lb) All human males collectively: mankind.

* 2011 , Eileen Gray and the Design of Sapphic Modernity: Staying In , p.109:

Unsurprisingly, if modern man is a sort of camera, modern woman is a picture.

A human, a person of either gender, usually an adult.

* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), Henry IV, Part 2 , act 4, scene 2:

a man cannot make him laugh.

* 1611 , Bible (KJV), (w) 12.17:

Recompence to no man euill for euill.

* (Joseph Addison), Monaco, Genoa, &c. , p.9:

A man would expect, in so very ancient a town of Italy, to find some considerable antiquities; but all they have to show of this nature is an old Rostrum of a Roman ship, that stands over the door of their arsenal.

* 1991' edition (original: '''1953 ), Darell Huff, ''[//archive.org/details/HowToLieWithStatistics How to Lie with Statistics] , pp.19–20:

Similarly, the next time you learn from your reading that the average man (you hear a good deal about him these days, most of it faintly improbable) brushes his teeth 1.02 times a day—a figure I have just made up, but it may be as good as anyone else's – ask yourself a question. How can anyone have found out such a thing? Is a woman who has read in countless advertisements that non-brushers are social offenders going to confess to a stranger that she does not brush her teeth regularly?

(lb) All humans collectively: mankind, humankind, humanity.

* 1647 , Westminster Shorter Catechism, question 10:

How did God create man ?

God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.

A member of the genus Homo'', especially of the species ''Homo sapiens .

* 1990 , The Almanac of Science and Technology (ISBN 0151050503), p.68:

The evidence suggests that close relatives of early man , in lineages that later became extinct, also were able to use tools.

(lb) A sentient being, whether human or supernatural.

* A Gest of Robyn Hode'', in the ''Child Ballads :

For God is holde a ryghtwys man .

* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), Much Ado about Nothing , act 3, scene 5:

God's a good man .

* 1609 , (Ben Jonson), :

Expect: But was the devil a proper man , gossip?

As fine a gentleman of his inches as ever I saw trusted to the stage, or any where else.

An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.

* 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), :

He’s more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house

* 2011 , Timothy Shephard, Can We Help Us?: Growing Up Bi-Racial in America (ISBN 1456754610), p.181:

I had the opportunity to marry one of them but wasn't mature enough to be a man and marry her and be close to the.

Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.

* 1598 , (Ben Jonson), (Every Man in His Humour)

Methought he bare himself in such a fashion, / So full of man , and sweetness in his carriage, /

A husband.

* Book of Common Prayer :

I pronounce that they are man and wife.

* 1715 , (Joseph Addison), The Freeholder :

In the next place, every wife ought to answer for her man .

A lover; a boyfriend.

A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing.

A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing.

A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.

* 2007 , Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night (ISBN 0778324567), p.553:

*:"She's the man for the job."

* 2008 , Soccer Dad: A Father, a Son, and a Magic Season (ISBN 160239329X), p.148:

Joanie volunteered, of course — if any dirty job is on offer requiring running, she's your man —

* 2012 , The Island Caper: A Jake Lafferty Action Novel (ISBN 1622951999), p.34:

He also owns the only backhoe tractor on Elbow Cay, so whenever anyone needs a cistern dug, he's their man .

A male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a student or alumnus, a representative, etc.

* 1909 , Harper's Weekly , Vol.53, p.iii:

When President Roosevelt goes walking in the country about Washington he is always accompanied by two Secret Service men .

* 1913 , Robert Herrick, One Woman's Life , p.46:

*:"And they're very good people, I assure you — he's a Harvard man ." It was the first time Milly had met on intimate terms a graduate of a large university.

An adult male servant. (lb) A vassal. A subject.

(old proverb)

* William Blackstone:

The vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered, and holding up his hands between those of his lord, professed that he did become his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honour.

A piece or token used in board games such as chess.

* 1883 , Henry Richter, Chess Simplified! , p.4:

The white men' are always put on that side of the board which commences by row I, and the black ' men are placed opposite.

(non-gloss definition, Used to refer to oneself or one's group): I, we; (construed in the third person).

* 2011 , (Top Boy) :

*:Sully: If it weren’t for that snake ... Man wouldn’t even be in this mess right now.

Usage notes

* The most common modern sense of the word is “an adult male human”, not “a generic human” or “humankind”, which explains the awkwardness of the following sentence: *: Man, like other mammals, breastfeeds his young. Nonsexist Language Guideline , the University of New Hampshire. * Nonsexist language advocates recommend the use of human'', ''human being'', ''humankind'' or ''person'', depending on context, instead of ''man .

Synonyms

* (adult male human) omi (Polari); see also * See also * See also

Derived terms

* airman * anchor man * bad man * barman * best man * black man * caveman * common man * company man * con man * dead man * dirty old man * Earthman * family man * fireman * foreman * government man * headman * hitman * kept man * lady's man * -man * man among men * manface * manful * manhood * mankind * manly * man of God * man of science * man of the cloth * man of the people * man of the world * man of war * man on * manpower * man's man * mantrap/man-trap/man trap * Marlboro Man * mountain man * old man * overman * policeman * underman * pan man * renaissance man * seaman * see a man about a dog * straight man * straw man * stunt man * strong man * the man * waterman * white man * woman * yes-man

Verb

(mann)

To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).

The shipped was manned with a small crew.

To take up position in order to operate (something).

Man the machine guns!

* 1876 , Julian Hawthorne, Saxon Studies :

he manned himself heroically

To wait on, attend to or escort.

To accustom (a hawk or other bird) to the presence of men.

Derived terms

* overman (verb)

Interjection

(en interjection)

Man , that was a great catch!

Quotations

* (English Citations of "man")

References

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