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(noun) a blow with the hand (usually on the ear); "I gave him a good box on the ear" |
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Related Words: blow |
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(verb) engage in a boxing match; in sport |
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Related Words: fight, prizefight, shadowbox, spar, struggle |
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(verb) hit with the fist; "I'll box your ears!" |
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Related Words: hit |
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(verb) put into a box; "box the gift, please" |
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Synonyms: package |
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Related Words: case, encase |
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Antonyms: unbox |
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(noun) usually rectangular container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts" |
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Related Words: alms box, ballot box, bandbox, carton, casket, cereal box, chest, cigar box, coffin, container, crate, deedbox, flat, hod, jewel casket, letter box, mailbox, matchbox, mite box, paintbox, pencil box, pencil case, playbox, poor box, pyxis, shoebox, snuffbox, strongbox, tinderbox, window box |
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(noun) separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people; "the sentry stayed in his box to avoid the cold" |
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Related Words: compartment, jury box, press box, sentry box, witness box, witness stand |
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(noun) private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance; "the royal box was empty" |
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Synonyms: loge |
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Related Words: compartment |
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(noun) the driver's seat on a coach; "an armed guard sat in the box with the driver" |
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Synonyms: box seat |
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Related Words: seat |
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(noun) any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned; "the umpire warned the batter to stay in the batter's box" |
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Related Words: area, batter's box |
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(noun) evergreen shrubs or small trees |
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Synonyms: boxwood |
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Related Words: Buxus sempervirens, European box, bush, common box, shrub |
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(noun) the quantity contained in a box; "he gave her a box of chocolates" |
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Synonyms: boxful |
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Related Words: containerful |
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(noun) a rectangular drawing; "the flowchart contained many boxes" |
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Related Words: rectangle |
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(noun) a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible; "his lying got him into a tight corner" |
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Synonyms: corner |
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Related Words: plight, predicament, quandary |
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