(Australia) An evergreen tree of the genus Lophostemon (for example, box scrub, Brisbane box, brush box, pink box, or Queensland box, Lophostemon confertus).
(Australia) 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.
(automotive) Short for gearbox.
(aviation) A diamond-shaped flying formation consisting of four aircraft.
(baseball) The rectangle in which the batter stands.
(colloquial, chiefly Southern US) A stringed instrument with a soundbox, especially a guitar.
(computing, slang) A computer, or the case in which it is housed.
(cricket) A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder.
(cricket) Synonym of gully (“a certain fielding position”)
(dated) A Mediterranean food fish of the genus Boops, which is a variety of sea bream; a bogue or oxeye.
(dated) A small country house.
(engineering) A cylindrical casing around the axle of a wheel, a bearing, a gland, etc.
(euphemistic) A coffin.
(fencing) A device used in electric fencing to detect whether a weapon has struck an opponent, which connects to a fencer's weapon by a spool and body wire. It uses lights and sound to notify a hit, with different coloured lights for on target and off target hits.
(figuratively) A predicament or trap.
(genetics) One of two specific regions in a promoter.
(juggling) A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape.
(lacrosse, informal) Short for box lacrosse (“indoor form of lacrosse”).
(music, slang) A musical instrument, especially one made from boxwood.
(rail transport) Short for signal box.
(slang) A cell used for solitary confinement.
(slang) A gym dedicated to the CrossFit exercise program.
(slang) A prison cell.
(slang) Preceded by the: television.
(slang, vulgar) The vagina.
(soccer) The penalty area.
A blow with the fist.
A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.
A compartment or receptacle for receiving items.
A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.
A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements; see also box number.
A rectangle: an oblong or a square.
A small rectangular shelter.
Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of genus Buxus, especiallycommon box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary.
Short for horsebox (“container for transporting horses”).
The driver's seat on a horse-drawn coach.
The wood from a box tree: boxwood.
verb
(intransitive, stative, boxing) To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.
(transitive) To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.
(transitive) To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.
(transitive) To strike with the fists; to punch.
(transitive) Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.
(transitive, agriculture) To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
(transitive, architecture) To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.
(transitive, boxing) To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.
(transitive, engineering) To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.
(transitive, graphic design, printing) To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.
(transitive, object-oriented programming) To place a value of a primitive type into a corresponding object.
