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Verb
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boxes, plural;
  1. Fight an opponent using one's fists; compete in the sport of boxing
    • - he boxed for England
    • - he had to box Bennett for the title
Noun
  1. A slow-growing European evergreen shrub or small tree with glossy dark green leaves. It is often grown as a hedge and for topiary

  2. The hard, heavy wood of this tree, formerly widely used for engraving and for musical instruments

  3. Any of a number of trees that have similar wood or foliage, in particular

  1. (box) a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts"
  2. (box) put into a box; "box the gift, please"
  3. (box) hit with the fist; "I'll box your ears!"
  4. (box) private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance; "the royal box was empty"
  5. (box) engage in a boxing match
  6. (box) the quantity contained in a box; "he gave her a box of chocolates"
  7. Boxes is a soundtrack album by Australian band, Icehouse released by Festival Records / Chrysalis Records in November 1985. ...
  8. Dots and Boxes (also known as Boxes, Squares, Paddocks, Square-it, Dots and Dashes, Dots, Smart Dots, Dot Boxing, or, simply, the Dot Game) is a pencil and paper game for two players (or sometimes, more than two) first published in 1889 by Édouard Lucas.
  9. Box (plural boxes) describes a variety of containers and receptacles for permanent use as storage, or for temporary use often for transporting contents. The word derives from the Greek πύξος (puxos), "box, boxwood".
  10. (A-box) A regulatory sequence (also called a regulatory region or a regulatory area) is a segment of DNA where regulatory proteins such as transcription factors bind preferentially. ...
  11. (Box (3d modeling)) In geometry, a cuboid is a solid figure bounded by six faces, forming a convex polyhedron. There are two competing incompatible definitions of a cuboids in the mathematical literature. ...
  12. (Box (automobile)) Hi-Risers are a type of highly customized automobile, typically an inexpensive American-built sedan modified by significantly increasing the ground clearance and adding large-diameter wheels with low-profile tires. ...
  13. (box) A cuboid container, usually with a hinged lid; 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 ...
  14. (Box) means a packaging with complete rectangular or polygonal faces, made of metal, wood, plywood, reconstituted wood, fiberboard, plastic, or other suitable material. ...
  15. (Box) A wagering term denoting a combination bet whereby all possible numeric combinations are covered.
  16. (Box) A trapezoidal indentation in the ground with a metal or fiberglass covering at the end of the runway in which vaulters plant their pole. The back wall of the box is nearly vertical and is approximately 8 inches in depth. ...
  17. (the box) an area on the defensive side of the ball, directly opposite the offensive linemen and about 5 yards deep; having 8 players in the box means bringing in a defensive back, normally the strong safety, to help stop the offensive team's running game
  18. (Box (ארון aron, Strong's #727)) There are three "boxes" mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. The box of the covenant, usually translated as the ark of the covennat, containing the objects of the covenant; the manna, Aaron's staff and the tablets. ...
  19. (Box) An abdominal protector worn by batsmen and wicketkeepers. It is also an old term for a fielder in the gully region.
  20. (box) In agriculture, a category of domestic support. Green box: supports considered not to distort trade and therefore permitted with no limits. Blue box: permitted supports linked to production, but subject to production limits, and therefore minimally trade-distorting. ...
  21. (Box) a section of text marked off by rules or white space and presented separately from the main text and illustrations. Longer boxed sections in magazines are sometimes referred to as sidebars.
  22. (Box) An area on the sideline used to hold players who have been served with penalties, and through which substitutions "on the fly" are permitted directly from the sideline onto the field.
  23. (box) The chip tray in front of a house dealer, and by extension, the house dealer's position at the table. You've been in the box for an hour now; don't you get a break?
  24. The box is the name we’ve given to the facility where CrossFit happens. This was most likely just to separate us form the Gold’s Gyms and Pilates Studios out there in world. It’s not a gym, it’s not a studio, it’s a box.
  25. (Box) Internal threaded end of a steel pipe.