Box

//bɒks//

Synonyms for "box" (451 found)

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Verb(2 words)

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4 entries

Synonyms

16 entries

Related terms

8 entries

at location

15 entries

capable of

7 entries

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distinct from

1 entries

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3 entries

has a

2 entries

has context

21 entries

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has prerequisite

1 entries

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1 entries

is a

13 entries

manner of

3 entries

part of

3 entries

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315 entries

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used for

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Translations

761 translations across 141 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • boks noun (cuboid space; container)
  • boks verb (to strike with the fists)

Akan

1 entries
  • adaka noun (cuboid space; container)

Albanian

2 entries
  • kuti noun (cuboid space; container)
  • shimshir noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)

Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • κιβωτός noun (cuboid space; container)
  • κιβώτιον noun (cuboid space; container)
  • κυψέλη noun (cuboid space; container)
  • πύξος noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)

Arabic

4 entries
  • بواطة noun (cuboid space; container)
  • بُقْس noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)
  • بُكس noun (blow with the fist)
  • تَابُوت noun (cuboid space; container)

Armenian

4 entries
  • արկղ noun (cuboid space; container)
  • արկղ noun (as much as fills a box)
  • լոժա noun (compartment to sit inside)
  • տոսախ noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • shimshir noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)

Assamese

3 entries
  • জঁপা noun (cuboid space; container)
  • পেৰা noun (cuboid space; container)
  • বাকচ noun (cuboid space; container)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܨܲܢܕܘܼܩܬܵܐ noun (cuboid space; container)

Asturian

1 entries
  • caxa noun (cuboid space; container)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • qutu noun (cuboid space; container)

Bashkir

4 entries
  • йәшник noun (cuboid space; container)
  • йәшник noun (as much as fills a box)
  • ҡап noun (cuboid space; container)
  • ҡумта noun (cuboid space; container)

Basque

2 entries
  • ezpel noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)
  • kaxa noun (cuboid space; container)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • бокс noun (cuboid space; container)
  • бу́дка noun (small rectangular shelter)
  • кабі́на noun (driver’s seat on a coach)
  • кабі́на noun (small rectangular shelter)

Bengali

2 entries
  • বক্স noun (cuboid space; container)
  • বাক্স noun (cuboid space; container)

Breton

4 entries
  • boest noun (cuboid space; container)
  • boestad noun (as much as fills a box)
  • logell noun (small rectangular shelter)
  • skouarnad noun (blow with the fist)

Brunei Malay

1 entries
  • kutak noun (cuboid space; container)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • бу́дка noun (small rectangular shelter)
  • бу́кса noun ((engineering) cylindrical casing)
  • ка́пра noun (driver’s seat on a coach)
  • каби́нка noun (small rectangular shelter)

Burmese

1 entries
  • သေတ္တာ noun (cuboid space; container)

Catalan

4 entries
  • boix noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)
  • caixa noun (cuboid space; container)
  • caixa noun (as much as fills a box)
  • capsa noun (cuboid space; container)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • kaja noun (cuboid space; container)

Cherokee

3 entries
  • ᎧᏁᏌᎢ noun (cuboid space; container)
  • ᏓᏓᏛᏂᎭ verb (to strike with the fists)
  • ᏓᏓᏛᏂᎭ verb (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match)

Chinese

3 entries
  • хәзы noun (cuboid space; container)
  • щёнзы noun (cuboid space; container)
  • 箱仔 noun (cuboid space; container)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • noun (cuboid space; container)
  • 盒仔 noun (cuboid space; container)
  • noun (cuboid space; container)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 一箱 noun (as much as fills a box)
  • noun (small rectangular shelter)
  • 分隔式雅座 noun (compartment to sit inside)
  • 包廂 /包厢 noun (compartment to sit inside)

Czech

4 entries
  • bedna noun (cuboid space; container)
  • bedna noun (as much as fills a box)
  • bedna noun ((slang) television)
  • box noun (small rectangular shelter)

Danish

4 entries
  • boks noun (cuboid space; container)
  • bokseslag noun (blow with the fist)
  • buk noun (driver’s seat on a coach)
  • buksbom noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)

Dari

3 entries
  • بَاکْس noun (cuboid space; container)
  • جَعْبَه noun (cuboid space; container)
  • صَنْدُوق noun (cuboid space; container)

Dutch

4 entries
  • bak noun (computer, or the case in which it is housed)
  • bok noun (driver’s seat on a coach)
  • buis noun ((slang) television)
  • buks noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)

Eastern Min Chinese

2 entries
  • 盒盒 noun (cuboid space; container)
  • 箱箱 noun (cuboid space; container)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • p:d-s-rd-xt noun (cuboid space; container)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • bukso noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)
  • skatolo noun (cuboid space; container)

Estonian

4 entries
  • arvuti noun (computer, or the case in which it is housed)
  • kabiin noun (driver’s seat on a coach)
  • karbitäis noun (as much as fills a box)
  • karp noun (cuboid space; container)

Evenki

1 entries
  • авса noun (cuboid space; container)

Finnish

4 entries
  • aitio noun (compartment to sit inside)
  • alasuoja noun ((cricket) hard protector for the genitals)
  • koiranpensas noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)
  • koju noun (small rectangular shelter)

Franco-Provençal

1 entries
  • boués noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)

French

4 entries
  • boutique noun ((slang, vulgar) the vagina)
  • boîte noun (cuboid space; container)
  • boîte noun (as much as fills a box)
  • boîte noun (compartment or receptacle for receiving items)

Friulian

1 entries
  • bos noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)

Galician

4 entries
  • arca noun (cuboid space; container)
  • baneiro noun (cuboid space; container)
  • barqueta noun (cuboid space; container)
  • boeta noun (cuboid space; container)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ბზა noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)
  • კოლოფი noun (cuboid space; container)
  • ლოჟა noun (compartment to sit inside)
  • ყუთი noun (cuboid space; container)

German

4 entries
  • Box noun (cuboid space; container)
  • Boxhieb noun (blow with the fist)
  • Boxschlag noun (blow with the fist)
  • Buchs noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)

Greek

4 entries
  • γροθιά noun (blow with the fist)
  • εδώλιο noun (compartment to sit inside)
  • θάλαμος noun (small rectangular shelter)
  • θεωρείο noun (compartment to sit inside)

Haitian Creole

2 entries
  • bwat noun (cuboid space; container)
  • bwat noun (as much as fills a box)

Hausa

1 entries
  • sunduƙi noun (cuboid space; container)

Hawaiian

2 entries
  • moko verb (to strike with the fists)
  • mokomoko verb (to strike with the fists)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • קופסה \ קֻפְסָה noun (cuboid space; container)
  • התאגרף verb (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match)

Hindi

4 entries
  • डिब्बा noun (cuboid space; container)
  • पेटी noun (cuboid space; container)
  • बकस noun (cuboid space; container)
  • बक्स noun (cuboid space; container)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • doboz noun (cuboid space; container)
  • doboz noun ((slang, vulgar) the vagina)
  • ház noun (computer, or the case in which it is housed)
  • kocka noun (small area on a document for a tick mark)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • box noun (cuboid space; container)
  • kassi noun (cuboid space; container)
  • kassi noun (small area on a document for a tick mark)
  • reitur noun (small area on a document for a tick mark)

Ido

4 entries
  • boxar noun (blow with the fist)
  • buxo noun (cuboid space; container)
  • etuyo noun (cuboid space; container)
  • ordinatro noun (computer, or the case in which it is housed)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kotak noun (cuboid space; container)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • boksu noun (blow with the fist)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • cassa noun (cuboid space; container)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • باکْس noun (cuboid space; container)
  • جَعْبِه noun (cuboid space; container)
  • صَنْدوق noun (cuboid space; container)
  • لُژ noun (compartment to sit inside)

Irish

4 entries
  • bosca noun (cuboid space; container)
  • bucas noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)
  • crann bosca noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)
  • dornáil verb (to strike with the fists)

Italian

4 entries
  • bosso noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)
  • bussolotto noun (cuboid space; container)
  • cabina noun (driver’s seat on a coach)
  • casella noun (small area on a document for a tick mark)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ボックス noun (cuboid space; container)
  • ボックス noun (compartment to sit inside)
  • 入れ物 noun (cuboid space; container)
  • noun (cuboid space; container)

Jingpho

1 entries
  • sadek noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ noun (cuboid space; container)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • жәшік noun (cuboid space; container)
  • ложа noun (compartment to sit inside)
  • қорап noun (cuboid space; container)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ប្រអប់ noun (cuboid space; container)
  • ហិប noun (cuboid space; container)

Kikuyu

1 entries
  • ithandũkũ noun (cuboid space; container)

Korean

3 entries
  • 박스 noun (cuboid space; container)
  • 박스 noun (compartment to sit inside)
  • 상자 noun (cuboid space; container)

Kyrgyz

4 entries
  • коробка noun (cuboid space; container)
  • куту noun (cuboid space; container)
  • ложа noun (compartment to sit inside)
  • ящик noun (cuboid space; container)

Ladino

2 entries
  • kasha noun (cuboid space; container)
  • kutí noun (cuboid space; container)

Lao

2 entries
  • ກ່ອງ noun (cuboid space; container)
  • ຫີບ noun (cuboid space; container)

Latin

4 entries
  • arca noun (cuboid space; container)
  • buxus noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)
  • capsa noun (cuboid space; container)
  • capsula noun (cuboid space; container)

Latvian

2 entries
  • buksuss noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)
  • kaste noun (cuboid space; container)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • buksmedis noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)
  • dėžė noun (cuboid space; container)

Luxembourgish

3 entries
  • Bock noun (driver’s seat on a coach)
  • Béchs noun (cuboid space; container)
  • Këscht noun (cuboid space; container)

3 entries
  • ᦟᦲᧄᧉ noun (cuboid space; container)
  • ᦟᧂᧉ noun (cuboid space; container)
  • ᦷᦂᧅᧈ noun (cuboid space; container)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • бу́тка noun (small rectangular shelter)
  • ду́нда noun ((slang, vulgar) the vagina)
  • каби́на noun (driver’s seat on a coach)
  • каби́на noun (small rectangular shelter)

Malay

1 entries
  • kotak noun (cuboid space; container)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • പെട്ടി noun (cuboid space; container)

Maltese

1 entries
  • kaxxa noun (cuboid space; container)

Manx

1 entries
  • cur ayns kishtey verb (to place inside a box)

Middle English

1 entries
  • box noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • хайрцаг noun (cuboid space; container)

Māori

4 entries
  • papa noun (cuboid space; container)
  • potipoti noun (cuboid space; container)
  • pāka noun (cuboid space; container)
  • pākai raho noun ((cricket) hard protector for the genitals)

Navajo

1 entries
  • tsitsʼaaʼ noun (cuboid space; container)

Norman

4 entries
  • boête noun (cuboid space; container)
  • boêtée noun (as much as fills a box)
  • boxer verb (to strike with the fists)
  • boxer verb (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match)

Northern Altai

2 entries
  • каарчак noun (cuboid space; container)
  • комда noun (cuboid space; container)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • qutî noun (cuboid space; container)
  • sindoq noun (cuboid space; container)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • boks noun (cuboid space; container)
  • buksbom noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)
  • dåse noun (cuboid space; container)
  • eske noun (cuboid space; container)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • buksbom noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)

Occitan

2 entries
  • bois noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)
  • caissa noun (cuboid space; container)

Old English

2 entries
  • box noun (cuboid space; container)
  • ċist noun (cuboid space; container)

Oromo

1 entries
  • saanduqa noun (cuboid space; container)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • شمشاد noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)
  • شمشار noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)
  • شمشیر noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)
  • صندوق noun (cuboid space; container)

Pashto

4 entries
  • بکس noun (cuboid space; container)
  • سخوبی noun (cuboid space; container)
  • صندوق noun (cuboid space; container)
  • قوطي noun (cuboid space; container)

Persian

2 entries
  • شمشاد noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)
  • بوکس زدن verb (to strike with the fists)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Kjist noun (cuboid space; container)
  • Lod noun (cuboid space; container)

Polish

4 entries
  • budka noun (small rectangular shelter)
  • bukszpan noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)
  • futerał noun (cuboid space; container)
  • loża noun (compartment to sit inside)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • boceta noun ((slang, vulgar) the vagina)
  • buxeira noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)
  • buxeiro noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)
  • buxo noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • ਡੱਬਾ noun (cuboid space; container)
  • ਸੰਦੂਕ noun (cuboid space; container)

Quechua

1 entries
  • takay verb (to strike with the fists)

Rarotongan

1 entries
  • piʻa noun (cuboid space; container)

Romanian

4 entries
  • baracă noun (small rectangular shelter)
  • cabană noun (small rectangular shelter)
  • cimișir noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)
  • cutie noun (cuboid space; container)

Russian

4 entries
  • бокс noun (cuboid space; container)
  • бокс noun ((engineering) cylindrical casing)
  • бу́дка noun (small rectangular shelter)
  • букс noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)

Samoan

1 entries
  • pusa noun (cuboid space; container)

Sango

1 entries
  • sanduku noun (cuboid space; container)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • bocsa noun (cuboid space; container)
  • bocsa noun (as much as fills a box)
  • bocsa noun (small rectangular shelter)
  • bocsa noun ((slang) television)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • kùtija noun (cuboid space; container)
  • kùtija noun (as much as fills a box)
  • kùtija noun (small rectangular shelter)
  • lóža noun (compartment to sit inside)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • busciu noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)

Slovak

4 entries
  • boleráz noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)
  • búdka noun (small rectangular shelter)
  • debnička noun (cuboid space; container)
  • krabica noun (cuboid space; container)

Slovene

1 entries
  • škatla noun (cuboid space; container)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • кап noun (cuboid space; container)

Spanish

4 entries
  • boj noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)
  • caja noun (cuboid space; container)
  • caja noun (as much as fills a box)
  • cajón noun (compartment of an item of furniture)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • dosu noun (cuboid space; container)

Sudovian

1 entries
  • kista noun (cuboid space; container)

Swahili

1 entries
  • sanduku noun (cuboid space; container)

Swedish

4 entries
  • ask noun (cuboid space; container)
  • avbalkning noun (compartment to sit inside)
  • box noun (cuboid space; container)
  • box noun (compartment to sit inside)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • kahon noun (cuboid space; container)
  • suntok noun (blow with the fist)

Tahitian

3 entries
  • punu noun (cuboid space; container)
  • pōnao noun (cuboid space; container)
  • moto verb (to strike with the fists)

Tajik

4 entries
  • ложа noun (compartment to sit inside)
  • сандуқ noun (cuboid space; container)
  • қуттӣ noun (cuboid space; container)
  • ҷаъба noun (cuboid space; container)

Tamil

1 entries
  • பெட்டி noun (cuboid space; container)

Taos

1 entries
  • múluną noun (cuboid space; container)

Tatar

1 entries
  • тартма noun (cuboid space; container)

Telugu

1 entries
  • పెట్టె noun (cuboid space; container)

Thai

4 entries
  • กรอบ noun (rectangular border around an image, text, etc.)
  • กล่อง noun (cuboid space; container)
  • กล่อง noun (rectangular border around an image, text, etc.)
  • การชก noun (blow with the fist)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • སྒམ། noun (cuboid space; container)

Tlingit

1 entries
  • khóok noun (cuboid space; container)

Tok Pisin

4 entries
  • bokis noun (cuboid space; container)
  • bokis noun (as much as fills a box)
  • bokis noun ((slang, vulgar) the vagina)
  • bokisim verb (to place inside a box)

Tongan

1 entries
  • puha noun (cuboid space; container)

Turkish

4 entries
  • kutu sandık noun (cuboid space; container)
  • loca noun (compartment to sit inside)
  • şimşir noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)
  • kutulamak verb (to place inside a box)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • guty noun (cuboid space; container)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎀𐎗𐎐 noun (cuboid space; container)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • бокс noun (cuboid space; container)
  • бу́дка noun (small rectangular shelter)
  • кабі́на noun (driver’s seat on a coach)
  • кабі́на noun (small rectangular shelter)

Urdu

4 entries
  • بَکْس noun (cuboid space; container)
  • بَکْس noun (compartment to sit inside)
  • صَنْدُوق noun (cuboid space; container)
  • ڈَبَّہ noun (cuboid space; container)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • قۇتا noun (cuboid space; container)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • loja noun (compartment to sit inside)
  • quti noun (cuboid space; container)

Venetan

2 entries
  • bos noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)
  • buso noun (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus — see also box tree)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • hộp noun (cuboid space; container)
  • hộp noun (as much as fills a box)
  • hộp noun (computer, or the case in which it is housed)

Walloon

4 entries
  • boeslêye noun (as much as fills a box)
  • boesse noun (cuboid space; container)
  • boesse noun ((slang, vulgar) the vagina)
  • boesse ås imådjes noun ((slang) television)

Welsh

4 entries
  • bocs noun (cuboid space; container)
  • bocsio verb (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match)
  • cwffio verb (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match)
  • paffio verb (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match)

West-Frisian

3 entries
  • bokse noun (cuboid space; container)
  • doaze noun ((slang, vulgar) the vagina)
  • kiste noun (cuboid space; container)

Yaghnobi

1 entries
  • сандуқ noun (cuboid space; container)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • קעסטל noun (cuboid space; container)

Yup'ik

1 entries
  • yaassiik noun (cuboid space; container)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • haap noun (cuboid space; container)

Zyphe

1 entries
  • bong noun (cuboid space; container)

Sample sentences

81 total sentences available.

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You may take either the big box or the small one.

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Do you know what this box is made of?

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Yoshio helped me lift the box up.

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I found the box empty.

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Showing 4 of 81 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.