box

box1 [ baks ] noun ***

▸ 1 container

▸ 2 space for writing in

▸ 3 in theater

▸ 4 area of sports ground

▸ 5 address

▸ 6 tree with shiny leaves

▸ 7 for a dead body

▸ 8 telephone box

▸ 9 used by men in sports

▸ 10 television

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) count a container with straight sides, a flat base, and sometimes a lid:

a stack of cardboard boxes

Read the instructions before taking it out of its box.

a ) the things in a box, or the amount that a box contains:

Jim gave us some chocolates, and we ate the whole box.

box of: a box of matches

2. ) count a space on a printed form, in which you write:

Check the boxes that apply to you.

a ) a space on a computer screen, where you can read or write a particular type of information:

the dialog/error box

3. ) count a small enclosed space with seats in a theater or sports ground, separate from where the rest of the audience is sitting:

a corporate entertainment box

4. ) the box the PENALTY BOX in soccer

5. ) count an address that some people use instead of having letters delivered to their house: P.O. BOX:

B. Smith, Box 546, Ventor, NJ

6. ) count or uncount a tree with small shiny leaves that people grow especially around the edges of their YARDS:

a box hedge

7. ) count INFORMAL a CASKET for a dead body

8. ) count BRITISH a TELEPHONE BOX

9. ) count BRITISH a CUP worn by men when playing sports

10. ) the box BRITISH INFORMAL the television:

Is there anything on the box tonight?

be a box of birds AUSTRALIAN INFORMAL

to be happy or in good health

box

box 2 [ baks ] verb *

1. ) intransitive to fight in the sport of BOXING

2. ) transitive to put something into a box

box someone's ears INFORMAL OLD-FASHIONED

to hit someone on the side of the head, as a punishment

,box `in phrasal verb transitive often passive

1. ) to surround a person or vehicle, so that they cannot move or leave a place:

I was boxed in until the other driver came back.

2. ) to limit someone's freedom to choose what to do:

If they promise big tax cuts, they could be boxing themselves in.