boxwood
boxwood · boxwoods
самшит, букс, букшпан, бушпан
самшит, букс
Buchsbaum, Buchs, Buchsbaumholz
The box tree, Buxus sempervirensThe box tree, Buxus sempervirens.
US/bˈɑkswˌʊd/
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The box tree, Buxus sempervirens.
Buchsbaum, Buchs
самши́тsamšít, буксbuks
самши́тsamšýt, буксbuks, букшпанbukšpan
(uncountable)The hard, close-grained wood of this tree, used in delicate woodwork and in making inlays.
Buchsbaumholz
very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks
(countable, uncountable)Any tree of genus Buxus.
Translations
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Buxus sempervirens:
the hard, close-grained wood of this tree:
Origin
From box + wood; box from Latin buxus (“box-tree, object made of boxwood”), of uncertain oFrom box + wood; box from Latin buxus (“box-tree, object made of boxwood”), of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos).
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Forms
plural: boxwoodsSynonyms
4 synonymsBuxus sempervirens:common boxEuropean box
Close in meaning
- very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks:Turkish boxwood
- evergreen shrubs or small trees:box
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable