Meaning

Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space..

Definitions by Sense

1. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
2. Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space
3. (geometry, by extension) A rectangular object in any number of dimensions.
4. (transitive) To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.
5. (transitive) Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.
6. (transitive) To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.
7. (transitive, agriculture) To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
8. (transitive, architecture) To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.

Example Sentences

Scrapbooks that have enduring value in their original form should be individually boxed in custom-fitted boxes.

"I best get busy and box up these bones," she said, suddenly anxious to get moving. […] As she started to step around the grave washed out by last night's rainstorm, the sun caught on something caught in the mud.

A large majority of children seem to delight in emotionally boxing in their parents—setting the double-bind trap by giving the parent two choices but determining ahead of time that neither choice will be sufficient for their satisfaction.

Straining eliminates lumps in the paint. If the paint has separated, stir the thick paint up from the bottom of each can to free as many lumps as possible. Then box the paint, pouring it all together through a nylon paint strainer and into the bucket. Paint less than one year old usually doesn't require straining. Older paint might have a thick skin on the top; remove the skin and set it aside. Box the paint, pouring it through a nylon paint strainer into the bucket.

The early settlers either boxed the tree or cut large slanting gashes, from the lower end of which a rudely fashioned spout conducted the sap to a bucket. This method was very destructive to the tree, and boring was substituted for it.

As early as the 1850s, prisons were being made "safer" by boxing in water pipes and enclosing galleries with netting to prevent jumping.

[T]he death of the said deceased Daniel Docherty, while in the defender's employment as an engineman, […] is alleged to have been owing to the engine house, which contained the engine of which the deceased had charge, being of a dangerous and improper construction, and the fly-wheel not having been boxed in or covered: […]

“Okay Lewis, so box this lap, box, box”

Word Forms

• boxes
• boxen
• boxing
• boxed

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Use box when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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