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box
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /b?ks/
- (General American) enPR: bäks, IPA(key): /b?ks/
- Rhymes: -?ks
Etymology 1
From Middle English box (“jar (usually cylindrical); type of container; strongbox for valuables or its contents; cupping glass for bloodletting; bone socket”), from Old English box (“box-tree; box, case”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhs? (“box tree; thing made from boxwood; box”), either from Latin buxus (“box tree; thing made from boxwood”), buxum (“box tree; boxwood”) (possibly from ????? (púxos, “box tree; boxwood”)); or from Late Latin buxis (“box”), Latin pyxis (“small box for medicines or toiletries”) (from Ancient Greek ????? (puxís, “box or tablet made of boxwood; box; cylinder”), from ????? (púxos) + -?? (-is, “suffix forming feminine nouns”)).
If the latter derivation is correct, the word is cognate with Middle Dutch bosse, busse (“jar; tin; round box”) (modern Dutch bos (“wood, forest”), bus (“container, box; bushing of a wheel”)), Old High German buhsa (Middle High German buhse, bühse, modern German Büchse (“box; can”)), Swedish hjulbössa (“wheel-box”).
The humorous plural form boxen is from box + -en, by analogy with oxen.
Noun
box (plural boxes or (nonstandard, computing, humorous) boxen)
- Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
- A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
- Synonyms: case, package
- A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
- Synonym: boxful
- A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.
- A compartment or receptacle for receiving items.
- A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements; see also box number.
- A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements; see also box number.
- A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.
- Synonym: loge
- The driver's seat on a horse-drawn coach.
- Synonym: box seat
- A small rectangular shelter.
- Synonyms: shelter, booth
- Short for horsebox (“container for transporting horses”).
- (rail transport) Short for signal box.
- (figuratively) A predicament or trap.
- (slang) A prison cell.
- 1951, William S. Burroughs, in Harris (ed.), Letters 1945–59, Penguin 2009, p. 98:
- While sojourning in the box I was greatly impressed by the kindness and decency of the Mexican people.
- (slang) A cell used for solitary confinement.
- Synonym: hole
- 2003, Elayne Rapping, Law and Justice as Seen on TV (page 83)
- He is fearless and contemptuous, apparently able to withstand any discipline—including nights “in the box” […]
- 2009, Megan McLemore, Barred from Treatment
- He had been in disciplinary confinement (“the box”)—punishment reserved for serious prison offenses—for 14 months.
- 2020, Erin Hatton, Coerced: Work Under Threat of Punishment (page 89)
- […] he explained, “you can go to the box. So, I got a ticket for refusing an order and I went to the box in that situation. […]
- 1951, William S. Burroughs, in Harris (ed.), Letters 1945–59, Penguin 2009, p. 98:
- (euphemistic) A coffin.
- (slang) Preceded by the: television.
- Synonyms: (Britain) telly, tube, TV
- (slang, vulgar) The vagina.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina
- (computing, slang) A computer, or the case in which it is housed.
- Synonyms: computer, machine
- (cricket) A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder.
- Synonym: (US) cup
- (cricket) Synonym of gully (“a certain fielding position”)
- (engineering) A cylindrical casing around the axle of a wheel, a bearing, a gland, etc.
- (fencing) A device used in electric fencing to detect whether a weapon has struck an opponent, which connects to a fencer's weapon by a spool and body wire. It uses lights and sound to notify a hit, with different coloured lights for on target and off target hits.
- (dated) A small country house.
- 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, III.vi.9:
- “I dare say the sheriff, or the mayor and corporation, or some of those sort of people, would give him money enough, for the use of it, to run him up a mighty pretty neat little box somewhere near Richmond.”
- 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, III.vi.9:
- A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
- Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space
- A rectangle: an oblong or a square.
- (baseball) The rectangle in which the batter stands.
- (genetics) One of two specific regions in a promoter.
- (juggling) A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape.
- (lacrosse, informal) Short for box lacrosse (“indoor form of lacrosse”).
- (soccer) The penalty area.
- A rectangle: an oblong or a square.
Usage notes
- (computing): the humorous plural form boxen is occasionally used.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Translations
See also
- tofu (“empty box displayed by some computer systems in place of a character not supported by available fonts”)
Verb
box (third-person singular simple present boxes, present participle boxing, simple past and past participle boxed)
- (transitive) To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.
- (transitive) Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.
- (transitive) To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.
- (transitive, agriculture) To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
- (transitive, architecture) To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.
- (transitive, engineering) To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.
- (transitive, graphic design, printing) To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.
- (transitive, object-oriented programming) To place a value of a primitive type into a corresponding object.
Synonyms
- (to place inside a box): box up, case, embox, encase, pack, pack up, package
Antonyms
- (place inside a box): unbox, uncase, unpack
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English box (“box tree; boxwood”), from Old English box (“box tree”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhs (“box tree; thing made from boxwood”), from Latin buxus (“box tree; thing made from boxwood”), buxum (“box tree; boxwood”), possibly from ????? (púxos, “box tree; boxwood”).
Noun
box (plural boxes)
- Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus Buxus, especially the common box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary.
- The wood from a box tree: boxwood.
- (music, slang) A musical instrument, especially one made from boxwood.
- (Australia) An evergreen tree of the genus Lophostemon (for example, the box scrub, Brisbane box, brush box, pink box, or Queensland box, Lophostemon confertus).
- (Australia) Various species of Eucalyptus trees are popularly called various kinds of boxes, on the basis of the nature of their wood, bark, or appearance for example, the drooping (Eucalyptus bicolor), shiny-leaved (Eucalyptus tereticornis), black, or ironbark box trees.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English box (“a blow; a stroke with a weapon”); further origin uncertain. The following etymologies have been suggested:
- Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *boki-, whence Danish bask (“a blow; a stripe”), Danish baske (“to flap, move around, beat violently”), Middle Dutch boke (“a blow, a hit”), b?ken (“to slap, strike”) (modern Dutch beuken (“to slap”)), West Frisian bûtse, bûtsje (“to slap”), Saterland Frisian batsje (“to slap”), Low German betschen (“to slap, beat with a flat hand”), Middle High German buc (“a blow, a stroke”), bochen (“to slap, strike”).
- Possibly onomatopoeic.
- Possibly from box (“cuboid space; container”), perhaps referring to the shape of the fist.
- Possibly from Ancient Greek ??? (púx, “with clenched fist”), ????? (pugm?, “fist; boxing”).
The verb is from Middle English boxen (“to beat or whip (an animal)”), which is derived from the noun.
Noun
box (plural boxes)
- A blow with the fist.
Synonyms
- blow
- cuff
- punch
Translations
Verb
box (third-person singular simple present boxes, present participle boxing, simple past and past participle boxed)
- (transitive) To strike with the fists; to punch.
- (transitive, boxing) To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.
- (intransitive, boxing) To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? French: boxer
- ? Galician: boxear
- ? German: boxen
- ? Portuguese: boxear, boxar
- ? Spanish: boxear
Translations
Etymology 4
From Latin b?x, from Ancient Greek ??? (bôx, “box (marine fish)”), from ???? (boûs, “ox”) + ?? (?ps, “eye, view”), a reference to the large size of the fish's eyes relative to its body.
Noun
box (plural boxes)
- (dated) A Mediterranean food fish of the genus Boops, which is a variety of sea bream; a bogue or oxeye.
Translations
References
Further reading
- box on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- box (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- box at OneLook Dictionary Search
Czech
Noun
box m
- boxing (the sport of boxing)
Declension
Related terms
- boxér
- boxérky
- boxovat
Further reading
- box in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- box in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English box.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?ks/
- Hyphenation: box
- Rhymes: -?ks
- Homophone: boks
Noun
box m (plural boxen, diminutive boxje n)
- speaker, loudspeaker
- Synonyms: luidspreker, speaker
- playpen
- compartment for livestock
French
Etymology
From English box. Doublet of boîte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?ks/
Noun
box m (plural box or boxes)
- stall (for a horse), loose box
- compartment, cubicle
- garage, lock-up (for a car)
Derived terms
- box des accusés
Further reading
- “box” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Noun
box f (plural box)
- Electronic equipment used for internet access (component of the digital subscriber line technology)
Hungarian
Noun
box
- Misspelling of boksz.
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?xs/
Noun
box n (genitive singular box, nominative plural box)
- box (container)
- Synonym: kassi
- (sports) boxing
- Synonym: hnefaleikar
Declension
Derived terms
- boxa
- boxhanski
- nestisbox
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English box.
Noun
box m (invariable)
- horsebox
- garage, lock-up (for a car)
- (motor racing) pit
- playpen
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??? (b?x).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /bo?ks/, [bo?ks?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /boks/, [b?ks]
Noun
b?x m (genitive b?cis); third declension
- A kind of marine fish
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- box in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- box in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- box in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Middle English
Alternative forms
- boxe
Etymology
From Old English box, from Proto-West Germanic *buhs?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?ks/
- Rhymes: -?ks
Noun
box (plural boxs)
- A cylindrical jar.
- A case, container or strongbox.
Descendants
- English: box (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: box
References
- “box, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *buhs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /boks/
Noun
box m
- box
- box tree
Declension
Derived terms
- boxtr?ow
- byxen
- ?ewyrtbox
- s?pbox
- sealfbox
Descendants
- Middle English: box, boxe
- English: box (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: box
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- boxe (prescriptive)
Etymology
Borrowed from English box.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?ks/
Noun
box m (Brazil) or f (Portugal) (plural boxes) (proscribed)
- stall (for a horse)
- electronic equipment used for internet access (component of the digital subscriber line technology)
- (Brazil) the curtain or glass panes which separate the shower from the rest of the bathroom; shower stall
- 2003, Eileen G. de Paiva e Mello, Questão de Tempo, Thesaurus Editora, page 150:
- A mais velha procurava arrancar a cortina do box, pendurando-se nela!
- The oldest one wanted to pull off the stall curtain by hanging to it!
- A mais velha procurava arrancar a cortina do box, pendurando-se nela!
- 2003, Eileen G. de Paiva e Mello, Questão de Tempo, Thesaurus Editora, page 150:
Derived terms
- encostar às boxes
Romanian
Etymology 1
From French boxe.
Noun
box n (plural boxuri)
- (sports) boxing (the sport of)
- A kind of sword.
Synonyms
- (the sport): pugilat, pugilism, pugilistic?
Etymology 2
From French box.
Noun
box
- bovine leather
Etymology 3
Noun
box
- A breed of bulldog.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English box. Doublet of buje.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bo?s/, [?bo??s]
Noun
box m (plural boxes)
- boxing (sport)
- (motor racing) pit
- (sports) box
Derived terms
- calle de boxes
- parada en boxes
- parar en boxes
Further reading
- “box” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Pronunciation
- Homophone: bocks
Noun
box c
- box, crate; a cuboid container
Declension
Derived terms
- frysbox
- kylbox
- postbox
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belt
English
Etymology
From Middle English belt, from Old English belt (“belt, girdle”), from Proto-Germanic *baltijaz (“girdle, belt”), from Latin balteus (“belt, sword-belt”), of Etruscan origin. Cognate with Scots belt (“belt”), Dutch belt, German Balz (“belt”), Danish bælte (“belt”), Swedish bälte (“belt, cincture, girdle, zone”) and Icelandic belti (“belt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?lt/
- Rhymes: -?lt
Noun
belt (plural belts)
- A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
- A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
- A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
- Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
- A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.
- (astronomy) A collection of rocky-constituted bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
- (astronomy) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
- A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
- A quick drink of liquor.
- (usually capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).
- (baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
- (weaponry) A device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon
- (music) Vocal tone produced by singing with chest voice above the break (or passaggio), in a range typically sung in head voice.
Synonyms
- (band worn around waist): girdle, waistband, sash, strap
- (band used as safety restraint): restraint, safety belt, seat belt
- (powerful blow): blow, punch, sock, wallop
- (quick drink of liquor): dram, nip
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Afrikaans: belt
- ? Assamese: ????? (belto)
- ? Bengali: ????? (bel?)
- ? Dutch: belt
- ? Hindi: ????? (bel?)
- ? Irish: beilt
- ? Japanese: ??? (beruto)
- ? Oriya: ?????? (bel?)
- ? Urdu: ????? (bel?)
- ? Welsh: belt
Translations
Verb
belt (third-person singular simple present belts, present participle belting, simple past and past participle belted)
- (transitive) To encircle.
- (transitive) To fasten a belt on.
- (transitive) To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.
- (transitive) To hit with a belt.
- (transitive, normally belt out) To scream or sing in a loud manner.
- (transitive) To drink quickly, often in gulps.
- (transitive, slang) To hit someone or something.
- (transitive, baseball) To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
- (intransitive) To move very fast.
Synonyms
- (to encircle): circle, girdle, surround
- (to fasten a belt): buckle, fasten, strap
- (to hit with a belt): strap, whip
- (to drink quickly): gulp, pound, slurp
- (to hit someone or something): bash, clobber, smack, wallop
- (to move quickly): book, speed, whiz, zoom
Derived terms
- belted l
- belt out
- belt up
- beltloop
Translations
Anagrams
- blet
Afrikaans
Etymology
Borrowed from English belt.
Noun
belt (plural belde)
- A belt (garment).
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?lt/
- Hyphenation: belt
- Rhymes: -?lt
Etymology 1
A variant of bult.
Noun
belt m or f (plural belten, diminutive beltje n)
- (archaic) A heap, hill
- A dumpsite, notably for waste products.
Derived terms
- asbelt
- afvalbelt
- beltmolen
- gifbelt
- vuilnisbelt
- zandbelt
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English belt.
Noun
belt m (plural belten, diminutive beltje n)
- (Suriname) (clothing) A belt.
Synonyms
- riem, broeksriem, gordel
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
belt
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of bellen
- (archaic) plural imperative of bellen
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic ?????? (balad).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?lt/
Noun
belt f (plural bliet)
- A city, town.
Related terms
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *baltijaz. Cognate with Old High German balz, Old Norse belti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /belt/, [be?t]
Noun
belt m (nominative plural beltas)
- A belt.
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: belt
- English: belt (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: belt
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