box

CEFRA1

/bɒks/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A container with flat sides, or a space for fighting.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.

Examples

  • Do you know what this box is made of?

  • The instructions on the box are very confusing.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.

  2. A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.

  3. A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.

More examples

In context

  • You may take either the big box or the small one.

  • post box post office box

  • a box of books

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Antonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English box (“container, box, cup”), from Old English box (“box, case”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā (“box”) from Late Latin buxis (“box”), Latin pyxis (“small box for medicines or toiletries”), of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “box or tablet made of boxwood; box; cylinder”) and πύξος (púxos, “box tree; boxwood”). Doublet of piseog, pyx, and pyxis. Cognate with Middle Dutch bosse, busse (“jar; tin; round box”) (modern Dutch bos (“wood, forest”), bus (“container, box; bushing of a wheel”)), Old High German buhsa (Middle High German buhse, bühse, modern German Büchse (“box; can”)), Swedish bössa (“box”). The humorous plural form boxen is from box + -en,...