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    Box

    Definitions

    1 | noun | a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid 2 | noun | private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance 3 | noun | the quantity contained in a box 4 | noun | a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible 5 | noun | a rectangular drawing 6 | noun | evergreen shrubs or small trees 7 | noun | any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned 8 | noun | the driver's seat on a coach (13 meanings)

    Pronunciation

    b'oks (IPA: bˈɒks)

    Hyphenation

    box (no hyphenation) (3 letters | 1 syllable)

    First known use in English

    1300 (High Middle ages) (725 years ago)

    Overall typical frequency

    written: 1255th most common (1 in 12048 words) ( > 99% noun | 0% verb)

    spoken: 568th most common (1 in 7752 words)

    (includes some inflected forms)

    Word frequency history

    Word frequency history

    Inflected forms

    boxed | boxing | boxes

    Synonyms

    loge | boxful | corner | boxwood | box seat | package (total: 6)

    Antonym

    unbox

    Narrower terms

    alms box | ballot box | bandbox | carton | casket | cereal box | chest | cigar box | coffin | crate | deedbox | flat | hod | jewel casket | letter box | ... (total: 44)

    Broader terms

    container | compartment | containerful | plight | predicament | quandary | rectangle | bush | shrub | area | seat | case | encase | incase | hit | ... (total: 18)

    Rhymes

    blocks | blocs | clocks | cox | docks | flocks | fox | frocks | jocks | knocks | locks | lox | macaques | mocks | outfox | ... (total: 22) (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Lexically close words

    boa | bob | bod | bog | boo | bop | bow | boxy | boy | cox | Cox | fox | Fox | lox | pox (total: 15)

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Phrases

    black box | boom box | box beam | box calf | box camera | box coat | box elder | box end wrench | box family | box girder | ... (total: 74)

    Translations

    Mandarin Chinese: | 盒 (noun) Hindi: | डिब्बा (noun) Arabic: | صُندوق (noun) Spanish: | boj (botany - tree) | caja (container) | recipiente (container) | cajón (container) | arcón (container) | boxear (sports) French: | buis (botany - tree) | boîte (container) | récipient (container) | bac (container) | boxer (sports)

    Other notable uses

    Box (US population: 10100 people, white: 83%)

    Box Elder County (Utah, United States) | Box Butte County (Nebraska, United States)

    Box Elder (South Dakota, 11746 people) | Box Elder (Montana, 85 people) | Box Canyon-Amistad (Texas, 76 people)

    Ice Box (United States, 8114 ft) | Box Elder Peak (United States, 11102 ft)

    The Christmas Box (Richard Paul Evans) | The Royal Box (Frances Parkinson Keyes) | The Salt-Box (Hilda Kay Grant) | The Hundred Penny Box (Sharon Bell Mathis) | No Cheering in the Press Box (Jerome Holtzman) (total: 5)

    The Wrong Box | The Oblong Box | The Music Box | The Magic Box | The Box | ... (total: 14)

    box.com | box.net | box.org | box.info | box.biz (total: 5)

    Crossword puzzle clues

    Be a pugilist | Cuff | Deliver crosses, e.g. | Face off in the ring | Go a few rounds | Go rounds in a ring | Have a bout with | Hit like Holyfield | Kind of kite | Kind of seat | Present location? | Produce some combinations, say | Spar | ... (total: 15) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    12 (International English) | 12 (North American English)

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