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Meaning in simple English
US /bɑːks/ · UK /bɒks/
box means: A container with flat sides, usually with a lid, used to keep or carry things.
noun
A container with flat sides, usually with a lid, used to keep or carry things.
- Put your toys in the box.
- We packed our books into boxes.
- Is this box heavy?
A square or rectangular area on a page or screen, often for text or a choice.
- Write your name in the box.
- Tick the boxes that apply to you.
- A warning appeared in a red box.
A small space or container for receiving or keeping things.
- Send the letter to my post office box.
- He kept the documents in a deposit box.
- The collection boxes were full of coins.
An electronic device, such as a television, radio, or computer.
- There is nothing good on the box tonight.
- He connected a small box to the television.
- These boxes receive digital signals.
A separate seating area for a small group in a theatre, court, or similar building.
- They watched the opera from a private box.
- The witness stepped into the box.
- All the theatre’s boxes were occupied.
verb
To fight using your fists, usually as a sport.
- He learned to box at sixteen.
- She boxed against the national champion.
- The angry man threatened to box his ears.
To put things into one or more containers with flat sides.
- Please box these cups carefully.
- We boxed up our old clothes.
- Have you boxed everything for the move?
To draw a square or rectangle around something on a page.
- Box the correct answer.
- She boxed the important paragraph in red.
- The teacher asked us to box each total.
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