Boxable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Capable of, or suitable for, placing in a box. not-comparable

    "On the other hand, it has been said, and probably without exaggeration, that the average crop of apples grown in commercial orchards in this country does not include more than 15 per cent, of fruit of boxable quality."

  2. 2
    boxfightable, punchable not-comparable

    "Some people are more easily boxable than others."

Example

More examples

"On the other hand, it has been said, and probably without exaggeration, that the average crop of apples grown in commercial orchards in this country does not include more than 15 per cent, of fruit of boxable quality."

Etymology

From box + -able.

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