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Meaning of boxes
noun
- Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
- Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space
verb
- To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.
- Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.
- To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.
- To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
- To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.
noun
- 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.
- The wood from a box tree: boxwood.
- A musical instrument, especially one made from boxwood.
- An evergreen tree of the genus Lophostemon (for example, the box scrub, Brisbane box, brush box, pink box, or Queensland box, Lophostemon confertus).
- 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.
noun
- A blow with the fist.
verb
- To strike with the fists; to punch. Example: Leave this place before I box you!
- To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.
- To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.
noun
- A Mediterranean food fish of the genus Boops, which is a variety of sea bream; a bogue or oxeye.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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