noun Download 🔗Share Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. Examples : "The cardboard box was large enough to hold all my school books. " space building structure thing item essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space Examples : "The birthday card was folded neatly into the small box. " space area essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes. Examples : "The movers boxed all the fragile dishes carefully before loading them onto the truck. " item business action essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in. Examples : "The teacher boxed the students in with the desks, preventing them from moving around freely during the lesson. " action situation essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical. Examples : "The painter boxed the two containers of paint to ensure they were the same shade of blue. " color art technical essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap. Examples : "The farmer will box the maple tree to collect its sap for syrup. " agriculture plant essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form. Examples : "The plumber boxed the pipes to make the walls look neater. " building architecture technical essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box. Examples : "The mechanic boxed the bicycle wheel's axle to protect it from dirt and damage. " technical machine part essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box. Examples : "The teacher boxed the important instructions in a red box on the whiteboard. " computing technology media writing essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To place a value of a primitive type into a corresponding object. Examples : "The programmer needs to box the integer value 5 before it can be stored in the list of data. " computing technology essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus Buxus, especially the common box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary. Examples : "The gardener used boxwood shrubs to create a neat, formal border around the flowerbeds. " plant nature biology essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The wood from a box tree: boxwood. Examples : "The carpenter used boxwood to carve intricate designs on the small, wooden box. " material plant essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A musical instrument, especially one made from boxwood. Examples : "The music teacher played a beautiful melody on her boxwood box. " music material essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An evergreen tree of the genus Lophostemon (for example, the box scrub, Brisbane box, brush box, pink box, or Queensland box, Lophostemon confertus). Examples : "The park's landscaping included several box trees, providing a dense backdrop for the picnic area. " plant nature biology organism environment essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Various species of Eucalyptus trees are popularly called various kinds of boxes, on the basis of the nature of their wood, bark, or appearance for example, the drooping (Eucalyptus bicolor), shiny-leaved (Eucalyptus tereticornis), black, or ironbark box trees. Examples : "The botanist identified the tree as a "Drooping Box," a type of eucalyptus. " plant nature biology ecology essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A blow with the fist. Examples : "He received a hard box to the face during the argument. " sport action body essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To strike with the fists; to punch. Examples : "Leave this place before I box you!" sport action body human essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To fight against (a person) in a boxing match. Examples : "The boxer will box his opponent next Saturday. " sport entertainment action essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To participate in boxing; to be a boxer. Examples : "My brother boxes in the local gym. " sport entertainment action essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A Mediterranean food fish of the genus Boops, which is a variety of sea bream; a bogue or oxeye. Examples : "The chef ordered a box for the fish stew. " fish food essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading