Meaning

37 senses

  1. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.

    A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.

    Kasten, Kiste, Box

    коро́бкаkoróbka, я́щикjáščik, сунду́кsundúk

    коро́бкаkoróbka, я́щикjáščyk, скри́няskrýnja

    a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid

  2. A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.

    a box of books

    я́щикjáščik, коро́бкаkoróbka

  3. A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.

    я́щикjáščik, я́щичекjáščiček

  4. A compartment or receptacle for receiving items.

    post box post office box

    я́щичекjáščiček, коро́бочкаkoróbočka

  5. A compartment or receptacle for receiving items.

    A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements; see also box number.

  6. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.

    A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.

    Loge

    ло́жаlóža

    ло́жаlóža

  7. The driver’s seat on a horse-drawn coach.

    каби́наkabína

    кабі́наkabína

    the driver's seat on a coach

  8. A small rectangular shelter.

    sentry-box

    бу́дкаbúdka, каби́наkabína, каби́нкаkabínka

    бу́дкаbúdka, кабі́наkabína, кабі́нкаkabínka

    a rectangular drawing

  9. (figuratively)A predicament or trap.

    I’m really in a box now.

  10. (slang)A prison cell.

  11. A prison cell.

    (slang)A cell used for solitary confinement.

  12. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.

    (euphemistic)A coffin.

Examples

2316 sentences

  1. Why did you open the box?

    Навіщо ти відкрив коробку?

    ruЗачем ты открыл коробку?

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  2. How do you make a box?

    Як зробити коробку?

    ruКак сделать ящик?

    deWie macht man eine Kiste?

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  3. The box is made of wood.

    Ящик зроблений з дерева.

    ruКоробка из дерева.

    deDie Schachtel ist aus Holz.

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  4. Do you have safety deposit boxes?

    У вас є сейфи?

    ruУ вас есть камеры хранения?

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  5. Hold the box with both hands.

    Тримай коробку обома руками.

    ruДержите коробку двумя руками.

    deHalte die Schachtel mit beiden Händen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 5
cuboid space; container:
compartment to sit inside:
driver’s seat on a coach:
small rectangular shelter:
shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree:
Русский
By meaning 11
rectangular border around an image, text, etc.:
cuboid space; container:
compartment of an item of furniture:
compartment or receptacle for receiving items:
compartment to sit inside:
driver’s seat on a coach:
small rectangular shelter:
(slang) television:
(slang, vulgar) the vagina:
computer, or the case in which it is housed:
shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
cuboid space; container:
compartment to sit inside:
(slang, vulgar) the vagina:
shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree:
blow with the fist:

Origin

From Middle English box (“container, box, cup”), from Old English box (“box, case”), from

From Middle English box (“container, box, cup”), from Old English box (“box, case”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā (“box”) from Late Latin buxis (“box”), Latin pyxis (“small box for medicines or toiletries”), of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “box or tablet made of boxwood; box; cylinder”) and πύξος (púxos, “box tree; boxwood”). Doublet of piseog, pyx, and pyxis.

From Middle English box (“box tree; boxwood”), from Old English box (“box tree”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhs (“box tree; thing made from boxwood”), from Latin buxus (“box tree; thing made from boxwood”), buxum (“box tree; boxwood”), possibly from πύξος (púxos, “box tree; boxwood”).

From Middle English box (“a blow; a stroke with a weapon”); further origin uncertain, with relation to Proto-Germanic *boki-, whence Danish bask (“a blow; a stripe”), Danish baske (“to flap, move around, beat violently”), Middle Dutch boke (“a blow, a hit”), bōken (“to slap, strike”) (modern Dutch beuken (“to slap”)), West Frisian bûkje, bûtse, bûtsje (“to slap”), West Frisian and Saterland Frisian batsje (“to slap”), Low German betschen (“to slap, beat with a flat hand”), Middle High German buc (“a blow, a stroke”), bochen (“to slap, strike”), and further onomatopoeic shaping.

From Latin bōx, from Ancient Greek βῶξ (bôx, “box (marine fish)”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye, view”), a reference to the large size of the fish's eyes relative to its body.

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Forms

plural: boxes
Singularbox
Pluralboxes

regular

Synonyms

110 synonyms
caseA1packageB1shelterB1boothB2holeA1tubeA1beaverB1bunB2bushA2cookieA1crackB2girlA1pinkA2pumpB1
Close in meaning
  • private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance:loge
  • the driver's seat on a coach:box seat
  • evergreen shrubs or small trees:boxwood
  • the quantity contained in a box:boxful
  • a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible:corner

Word family

452 related words
Relatedtofuboxy
DerivedboxerB2mailboxB1agony boxairboxapple boxask boxaxleboxbaby boxbackboxbag-in-boxbait boxbalikbayan boxballot-box stuffingbanana boxbandboxbanker's boxbat boxbathing boxbatter's boxbeach boxbeatboxbedboxbeige boxbellbox

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • in the box
  • open the box
  • in this box
  • a box of
  • this box is
  • box of chocolates
  • cardboard box
  • lift the box
  • put the box
  • boxes are empty
  • put these boxes
  • carry this box

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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