Definition of box

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Box (n.) A present in a box; a present; esp. a Christmas box or gift.

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Refrigerator :: Refrigerator (n.) A box or room for keeping food or other articles cool, usually by means of ice..
Lowry :: Lowry (n.) An open box car used on railroads. Compare Lorry.
Collar :: Collar (n.) A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars..
Poorbox :: Poorbox (n.) A receptacle in which money given for the poor is placed.
Box :: Box (n.) A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump.
Cassolette :: Cassolette (n.) a box, or vase, with a perforated cover to emit perfumes..
Capcase :: Capcase (n.) A small traveling case or bandbox; formerly, a chest..
Carboxyl :: Carboxyl (n.) The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; -- called also oxatyl..
Etui :: Etui (n.) A case for one or several small articles; esp., a box in which scissors, tweezers, and other articles of toilet or of daily use are carried..
Boxing :: Boxing (n.) Any boxlike inclosure or recess; a casing.
Tarantass :: Tarantass (n.) A low four-wheeled carriage used in Russia. The carriage box rests on two long, springy poles which run from the fore to the hind axletree. When snow falls, the wheels are taken off, and the body is mounted on a sledge..
Case :: Case (n.) A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments..
Stuff :: Stuff (n.) To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).
Sink :: Sink (n.) A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen..
Drab :: Drab (n.) A wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans..
Cap :: Cap (n.) The removable cover of a journal box.
Cuff :: Cuff (n.) A blow; esp.,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap..
Close-stool :: Close-stool (n.) A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover..
Axle Box :: Axle box () The journal box of a rotating axle, especially a railway axle..
Trunk :: Trunk (n.) A long, large box, pipe, or conductor, made of plank or metal plates, for various uses, as for conveying air to a mine or to a furnace, water to a mill, grain to an elevator, etc..
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