Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - box
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a container, usu. with flat sides and of firm material such as wood or card, esp. for holding solids. 2 a the amount that will fill a box. b Brit. a gift of a kind formerly given to tradesmen etc. at Christmas. 3 a separate compartment for any of various purposes, e.g. for a small group in a theatre, for witnesses in a lawcourt, for horses in a stable or vehicle. 4 an enclosure or receptacle for a special purpose (often in comb. : money box; telephone box). 5 a facility at a newspaper office for receiving replies to an advertisement. 6 (prec. by the) colloq. television; one's television set (what's on the box?). 7 an enclosed area or space. 8 a space or area of print on a page, enclosed by a border. 9 Brit. a small country house for use when shooting, fishing, or for other sporting activity. 10 a protective casing for a piece of mechanism. 11 a light shield for protecting the genitals in sport, esp. in cricket. 12 (prec. by the) Football colloq. the penalty area. 13 Baseball the area occupied by the batter or the pitcher. 14 a coachman's seat. --v.tr. 1 put in or provide with a box. 2 (foll. by in, up) confine; restrain from movement. 3 (foll. by up) Austral. & NZ mix up (different flocks of sheep). Phrases and idioms box camera a simple box-shaped hand camera. box the compass Naut. recite the points of the compass in the correct order. box girder a hollow girder square in cross-section. box junction Brit. a road area at a junction marked with a yellow grid, which a vehicle should enter only if its exit from it is clear. box kite a kite in the form of a long box open at each end. box number a number by which replies are made to a private advertisement in a newspaper. box office 1 an office for booking seats and buying tickets at a theatre, cinema, etc. 2 the commercial aspect of the arts and entertainment (often attrib. : a box-office failure). box pleat a pleat consisting of two parallel creases forming a raised band. box spanner a spanner with a box-shaped end fitting over the head of a nut. box spring each of a set of vertical springs housed in a frame, e.g. in a mattress. Derivatives boxful n. (pl. -fuls). boxlike adj. Etymology: OE f. LL buxis f. L PYXIS 2. v. & n. --v. 1 a tr. fight (an opponent) at boxing. b intr. practise boxing. 2 slap (esp. a person's ears). --n. a slap with the hand, esp. on the ears. Phrases and idioms box clever colloq. act in a clever or effective way. Etymology: ME: orig. unkn. 3. n. 1 any small evergreen tree or shrub of the genus Buxus, esp. B. sempervirens, a slow-growing tree with glossy dark green leaves which is often used in hedging. 2 its wood, used for carving, turning, engraving, etc. 3 any of various trees in Australasia which have similar wood or foliage, esp. those of several species of Eucalyptus. 4 = BOXWOOD. Phrases and idioms box elder the American ash-leaved maple, Acer negundo. Etymology: OE f. L buxus, Gk puxos
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I. noun (plural ~ or ~es) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Latin buxus, from Greek pyxos Date: before 12th century an evergreen shrub or small tree (genus Buxus of the family Buxaceae, the ~ family) with opposite entire leaves and capsular fruits, II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin buxis, from Greek pyxis, from pyxos ~ tree Date: before 12th century a rigid typically rectangular container with or without a cover , an open cargo container of a vehicle, coffin, the contents of a ~ especially as a measure of quantity, a ~ or ~like container and its contents: as, a gift in a ~, an automobile transmission, television, a signaling apparatus , a usually self-contained piece of electronic equipment, boom ~, an often small space, compartment, or enclosure: as, an enclosed group of seats for spectators (as in a theater or stadium), a driver's seat on a carriage or coach, a cell for holding mail, ~ stall, penalty ~, a usually rectangular space that is frequently outlined or demarcated on a surface: as, any of six spaces on a baseball diamond where the batter, coaches, pitcher, and catcher stand, a space on a page for printed matter or in which to make a mark, predicament, fix, a cubical building, the limitations of conventionality , ~ful noun ~like adjective III. transitive verb Date: 15th century to enclose in or as if in a ~, to hem in (as an opponent), IV. noun Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century a punch or slap especially on the ear, V. verb Date: 1519 transitive verb to hit (as the ears) with the hand, to engage in ~ing with, intransitive verb to fight with the fists ; engage in ~ing, VI. transitive verb see: voluble Date: 1713 to name the 32 points of (the compass) in their order ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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