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custom
Noun
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A custom is an activity that happens traditionally or regularly.
Almost everyone there eats rice every day, but there are different local customs about how to cook it.
My mother's custom is to have breakfast in the garden with her newspaper.
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A custom is a long-established practice; considered as unwritten law.
It was a custom in medieval times a woman could not marry without her parents consent.
custom
Adjective
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A custom piece of clothing or other item is created for a specific person or use.
He only wears custom suits, made to fit him perfectly.
dialog
Noun
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A conversation between two or more individuals.
Bill and Melinda maintained a dialog via email over the course of their long-distance relationship.
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In a film, the spoken parts of the script; what the characters say.
The movie had great special effects, but the dialog was bad.
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In a book, the parts that show a conversation.
box
Noun
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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If you box, you fight someone for sport by punching them.
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If you box something (up), you put it in a box.
He boxed his old belongings up.
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If you box something on a page, you draw a square around it.