box

I UK [bɒks] / US [bɑks] noun
Word forms "box":
singular box plural boxes
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1)

a) [countable] a container with straight sides, a flat base, and sometimes a lid

a stack of cardboard boxes

Read the instructions before taking it out of its box.

b) the things in a box, or the amount that a box contains

Jim gave us some chocolates, and we ate the whole box.

box of:

a box of matches

2)

a) [countable] a space on a printed form, in which you write

Tick the boxes that apply to you.

b) a space on a computer screen, where you can read or write a particular type of information

the dialog/error box

3) [countable] theatre a small enclosed space with seats in a theatre or sports ground, separate from where the rest of the audience is sitting

a corporate entertainment box

4) the box

British informal the television

Is there anything on the box tonight?

5) the box the penalty box in football

6) [countable] an address that some people use instead of having letters delivered to their house

7) [countable/uncountable] a tree with small shiny leaves that people grow especially around the edges of their gardens

a box hedge

8) [countable] informal a coffin for a dead body

9) [countable] British a telephone box

10) [countable] British a hard cover worn by men to protect their sex organs when playing sports

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- be a box of birds

II UK [bɒks] / US [bɑks] verb
Word forms "box":
present tense I/you/we/they box he/she/it boxes present participle boxing past tense boxed past participle boxed
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1) [intransitive] to fight in the sport of boxing

2) box or box up

[transitive] to put something into a box

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- box someone's ears

Phrasal verbs:

- box in

- box off

- box up