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box-form

box Noun

— A box is a square container, usually with four sides, a top and a bottom. We had big cardboard boxes filled with the stuff. I gave my seat to an old woman with a chicken in a wooden box. It was always fun to open my lunch box and see what my mom had packed. Jack Ferguson found a box containing his son's personal papers, After the party, there were empty pizza boxes everywhere. UPS had delivered a stack of boxes. — A box is a container. The address was a local post office box, not a physical address. My cell phone was in the glove box of the car. — A box is a square area with lines around it in a magazine, book, or computer screen. It's especially important to speak to your doctor if you belong to this group (see box on page 118). Right-click in any Explorer window or any Open or Save dialog box. — A box is an electronic device such as a television, radio, or computer. We'd brought a boom box out back and played the only radio station that came in. More TVs get connected to the Internet, either directly or through set-top boxes.

box Verb

— If you box, you fight someone for sport by punching them. — If you box something (up), you put it in a box. He boxed his old belongings up. — If you box something on a page, you draw a square around it.

box-form

box Noun

box Verb

form Noun

form Verb