adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Resembling or characteristic of a box.

   "The steel skin covering the framing is welded to it and to the underframe, forming a boxlike construction."

Adjective

1. 1
   resembling a box in rectangularity wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

box shapedbox-shapedboxy

Example

More examples

"The accordion is a boxlike instrument, a squeezable bellows with a keyboard."

Etymology

From box + -like.

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