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Box
English
Pronunciation
- AHD : bŏks
- IPA : /bɒks/
- SAMPA : /bQks/
Noun
box (plural boxes except where noted)
- A rectangular container usually with a folding lid
- Enough to fill a box or case.
- A compartment to sit in at a theater , courtroom or auditorium .
- A small rectangular shelter like a booth
- A blow with the fist
- boxwood
- (Vulgar, slang) vagina
- A Computer. E.G UNIX or Linux box. The whimsical plural boxen is occasionally used.
- A hard protector for the groin area, worn by a batsman or close fielder inside the underpants.
Quotations
boxwood
- 1885: the application of woods other than box for purposes for which that wood is now used would tend to lessen the demand for box — Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885
Translations
- صندوق ,علبة (1) , لكمة (4) , مقصورة (3)
- Breton: boest f -où (1), boestad f -où (2), logell f -où (4), skouarnad f -où (5)
- Catalan: caixa, capsa (1, 2) f, llotja (3) f, garita (4) f, cop de puny (5) m
- Chinese Characters: 凾, 函, 箱
- Chinese: 箱子
- Dutch: doos f (1),(7)
- Ekspreso: kasia
- Esperanto: skatolo
- Finnish: laatikko
- French: (1, 2) boîte f, caisse f, (3) loge f (theater), (4) cabane m, (5) coup de poing m
- German: (1) Kasten m, (1) Kiste f, (3) Loge f, (5) Boxhieb m
- Ido: (1) buxo
- Hungarian: doboz
- Indonesian: kotak
- Interlingua: cassa
- bosca
- Japanese: 箱 (はこ , hako)
- Portuguese: caixa f
- Russian: ящик
- Spanish: caja (1, 2) f, palco (3) m, garita (4) f, puñetazo (5) m
- Swedish: låda
- Tok Pisin: bokis (1, 2, 6)
Verb
box
- To place inside a box or encase
- To strike with the fists
- To fight against someone in a boxing match
Translations
- Arabic: تعليب (1), يلكم (2) , يلاكم (3)
- Catalan: encaixar , encapsar (1), boxar (2, 3)
- Dutch: inpakken , verpakken (1)
- Ekspreso: kasier , bokser
- French: (1) mettre en boîte , emballer , (2) boxer, frapper , (3) boxer
- German: (1) einpacken , (1) verpacken , (2, 3) boxen
- Interlingua: incassar , boxar
- Spanish: encajar (1), boxear (2, 3)
- Tok Pisin: boksin (3)
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