Box

//bɒks//

Word Type

Noun
Verb
Proper Noun

The word "box" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

18-yard box About box Armalite and the ballot box Aussie box Balaam box Box Head Box Hill Box Hill Box-Cox distribution Box-Cox transform Box-Cox transformation Box-Muller transform BoxAerobics Boxford Boxgrove Brisbane box Caribbean box jellyfish Chinese box Christmas Eve box Christmas box Cornell box Digi-box European box F-box Horrocks box Joes Box Mandelbox Oregon box P-box Pandora's box Pribnow box Queensland box S-box Schumer box T-box TATA box Tasmanian box Time Unit Box System Yankee cheese-box Yerkes discrimination box a few spanners short of a tool box abox agony box air-box airbox apple box apple-box ask box autobox autoboxing axle box axle-box axlebox baby box backbox bag-in-box bait box balikbayan box banana box bandbox banker's box bastard box bat box bathing box batter's box be in a box be in the same box be in the wrong box beach box beat boxing beat-boxing beatbox bedbox beige box bellbox bidding box big box big-box big-box store bike box bimble box bio box birdbox black box insurance black box warning black-box function black-box testing blind box block the box blood box blotto box body box bone box bonnet box bonnet-box boom box box Harry box alder box and cox box and lock box and needle box and whisker plot box and whiskers plot box art box bed box bike box boy box braid box braids box breathing box calf box camera box canyon box car box checker box clever box coat box crab box cutter box elder box elder maple box end wrench box file box frame box gable box girder box guitar box gum box hockey box holly box house box in box iron box it out box jelly box jellyfish box joint box junction box kick box kite box lacrosse box level box lunch box lyre box magazine box man box meal box model box money box nasty box no. box number box of birds box of chocolates box of fluffies box of fluffy ducks box of ivories box of matches box of tricks box office box on box oneself into a corner box operator box party box pleat box plot box poison box profits box room box score box scrub box seat box set box social box someone's ears box spanner box split box spread box spring box squat box stall box standard box step box stitch box store box supper box tail box the Jesuit box the gnat box thorn box tree box tree moth box truck box turtle box up box van box wagon box wine box wrench box zither box-anneal box-annealing box-back box-barrage box-beam box-bed box-bill box-board box-calf box-canyon box-car box-cart box-checker box-chronometer box-churn box-cloth box-club box-coil box-colored box-coloured box-counting dimension box-coupling box-cutter box-day box-desk box-drain box-drawing character box-edged box-elder box-feeding box-fitter box-food box-fresh box-grain box-groove box-gum box-hand box-hat box-haul box-hauling box-head box-holly box-hook box-house box-iron box-keeperess box-key box-letter box-level box-like box-lobby box-loom box-man box-master box-mattress box-meat box-metal box-motion box-nut box-office box-office bomb box-on box-ottoman box-oyster box-plan box-pleated box-pleating box-rent box-room box-sealing tape box-shaped box-shutter box-slater box-sleigh box-slip box-spring box-square box-stair box-staircase box-standard box-staple box-stone box-strap box-string box-swivel box-tail box-tappet box-tenon box-thorn box-ticking box-timbering box-to-box midfielder box-toe box-tool box-tortoise box-trap box-tree box-tricycle box-turtle box-valve box-wallah box-wrench boxable boxball boxberry boxboard boxcar boxcutter boxed boxen boxer boxer boxercise boxfish boxful boxhaul boxhead boxholder boxiana boxicity boxing boxing day boxing week boxkeeper boxless boxlike boxload boxlock boxmaker boxmaking boxman boxology boxout boxroom boxthorn boxtop boxwalker boxwalla boxwallah boxwise boxwood boxy brain-box brainbox bread box breadbox brown box brown box crab brush box busy box butter-box cage box cakebox call-box cannon box cardboard-box cartridge box cartridge-box cash box cash-box cashbox cat box chad box chalk box charity box chatbox chatterbox checkbox cheese box cheese-box cheesebox chocolate box chocolate-box chumbox cigar box guitar cigar box guitarist clack box clack-box coach box coachbox coal-box coalbox coin box coin-box coinbox cold meat box collection box color-box colour-box comb-box combat box combobox come from a Cracker Jack box commentary box common box confession box convergence box cooking box cool box coolbox country box coupling-box court poor box cox box cracker-box crackerbox crash box cryobox databox dead-letter box deathbox deck box deed-box despatch box dialogue box dice box dice-box dicebox dig box digital converter box dirt-box dispatch box dispatch-box distribution box ditty box ditty-box doc-in-a-box dodgy box dog-box dogbox dragbox dredge-box dredging box dredging-box dressing-box dressing-up box driving-box drop box drop-box dropbox dumb as a box of rocks dumber than a box of rocks dust box dust-box dustbox dwarf box econobox egg-box eggbox embox endbox error box euboxic executive box fare box farebox fart box feed-box feedbox feeding-box feelie box feely box fire box fire-box firebox first-aid box floor box flower box flowering box flush-box fly box fly-box footbox fox in the box free box fudge box funbox funnel box fuse box fusebox fuzz box gearbox get one's shine box giftbox glory-box glovebox goalbox goggle box goggle-box gold box grab box grassbox gray-box testing green box grey box grey-box testing grockle box grockle-box groovebox ground box group box happy as a box of birds hatbox haybox headbox heck box heck-box heijunka box hellbox hit-box hitbox homeobox honesty box honor box honour box horse-box horsebox hospitality box hotbox hug box hug-box hugbox hum-box hyperbox ice box icebox imbox in a box in-a-box in-box inbox infinity box infobox inside the box jack-in-the-box jackbox jambox jaw-box jawbox jazz box jewel-box jewelry box jockey box juke box jukebox junction box junkbox karaoke box kickbox kill box knife-box knock box knock out of the box knowledge-box letter box letter-box letterbox lick-box life is like a box of chocolates lightbox lipobox litter box live box lobster box lockbox loose-box loot box lootbox luckbox lunch-box lunchbox mad as a box of frogs magenta box mail box mail-box mailbox matchbox mauve box meat box memory box middlebox milkbox minibox ministerial box misbox missionary-box mite box mold box moneybox moss-box mountain box moving box mult box multi box multi-box munchie box munchy box muscle-box music box music-box mystery box show native box nest-box newsbox not the sharpest crayon in the box not the sharpest pencil in the box not the sharpest tool in the box off one's box olive box omnibox one out of the box opaque box open Pandora's box open box orange box out of one's box out of the box out-box out-box out-of-box experience out-of-the-box outside the box paddle box paddle-box paddlebox paintbox pass box patch box patch-box pattern box paybox peg-box pegbox pencil box pepperbox peppermint box permutation box phonebox pick to box pick-to-box picture box pill-box pillar-box pillar-box red pillow box pine box pink box pizza box planter box play-box plumber's box plyo box plyometric box poison at the box office poke box post-box post-office box postal box potato-box pounce-box pouncet-box powder box powder-box prattle-box prattlebox prayer box press-box prickly box private box probability box project box prompt-box prompter's box puff-box purple box put someone in a box puzzle box puzzle box show puzzle-box rainbow box rasabox rattlebox rebox red box resistance box resistance-box resonance box rhizobox rhythm box rice box rip box ripple box roofbox rose box safe as a kitten in a box safe deposit box safebox salt box salt-box saltbox sand box sandbox saucebox savings-box scent-box scorebox scrapbox screw box sea box seed-box seedbox sell against the box service box set top box shadow box shadow-box shadowbox shatter box shatterbox shine box shitbox shoe box shoe-box shoebox shoutbox show box show-box shruti box shut the box shuttle box shuttle-box side-box sidebox silver box skybox slip box sluice box sluice-box slushbox smoke-box smokebox snack box snake-in-the-box problem sneakbox sneeze-box snotbox snuff box snuff box sea bean snuff-box soap box soap-box soapbox softbox soundbox spaghetti box speak-box spice-box spicebox spider box spinbox spiny box spit box spitbox spitting box spring-box squawk box squawk-box squeeze box squeezebox sruti box startbox stompbox strongbox strum box stuff the ballot box stuffing-box subscription box sugar-box swap box sweat box sweat-box sweatbox sweetbox switch box switchbox tackle box tacklebox talk box tar-box teabox tee box tee-box teebox tell-box textbox the box they're going to bury it in thermobox thorn box thrift-box throwbox thunder box thunder-box thunderbox tick a lot of boxes tick all the boxes tickey box tickey-box ticky box ticky-box time box timebox tinder-box tinderbox tobacco-box toby box toe box toolbox top-box topbox touch-box touchbox toybox traffic signal box trashbox tucker box tucker-box tuckerbox tumbling-box unbox unbox urine box userbox vanity-box vaulting box veg box vegetable box violet box voice box voice-box voicebox wallbox watch-box watchbox water box weather box weather-box weigh-box wheelbox white box white-box testing whole box and dice whole box of tricks window box window-box winebox witness-box wog box wog-box woodbox word box work-box workbox writing-box yellow box yogibogeybox zombie box zoom box δ-box

Distinct From

cylinder

Etymologically Related To

boxen en oxen

Prerequisites

wrap hands

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

CAAT box Chinese boxes Christmas box Dirichlet's box principle GC box Galton box Goldberg-Hogness box Hogness box PO box Pribnow-Schaller box Skinner box airbox apple-box archive box ballot box bandbox bento box bitty box black box blue box box tent brain box cable box cacher box call box cambox cardboard box cashbox check box cigar box cigar-box cigar-box guitar collecting box combo box coolbox decade box dialog box dogbox drink box dropbox firebox fishing box front box fusebox fuzz box gate box gearbox glory box glove box grass box grow box hatbox haybox hellbox herb box homeobox homoeobox horse box horsebox hot box hotbox hunting box icebox idiot box inbox jewel box journal box juice box jump box jury box letterbox light box list box lockbox loose box loosebox love box lunch box magic box marmalade box matchbox miter box mitre box money box mud box musical box mystery box nest box nesting box oilbox omnibus box outbox packing box paint box pay box peg-box pegbox penalty box pepperbox phone box pillar box pillbox playbox police box poor box postbox power box presentation box press box property box puff box rag-box rattlebox recipe box red box safe-deposit box safety-deposit box saltbox sandbox sandwich box saucebox search box seatbox seedbox sentry box set-top box shaving box shit box shoebox shooting box shot box side box signal box six-yard box ski box skybox slushbox smokebox snow box snuffbox soapbox sound box spitbox spring-box spurious box squawk box squawkbox squeezebox stage box strongbox stuffing box suggestion box swear box sweatbox swell box swill-box telephone box text box tick box tinder box toolbox tuck box tumbling box upper box vanity box versing box wagon box wine box witness box workbox yogibogeybox

Related Terms

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