boxes
UK/ˈbɒksɪz//ˈbɑksɪz/
boxes is the plural of box.
boxes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of box.
Meaning of box
Noun
box (plural boxes or (nonstandard, computing, humorous) boxen)
- A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
- A terrible voice in the hall cried, "Bring down Master Scrooge's box, there!" and in the hall appeared the schoolmaster himself, who glared on Master Scrooge with a ferocious condescension, and threw him into a dreadful state of mind by shaking hands with him.1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Two. The First of the Three Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. […], London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 55
- A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
- a box of books
- Synonyms:
- 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.
- post box post office box
- A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements; see also box number.
- Add five words for address if replies are to come to a box number address at any of our offices. These replies are forwarded each day as received, in new envelopes at no extra charge. […] When replying to blind ads be careful to put on your envelope the correct box number and do not enclose...1924 December 1, “The Broadcaster: A Department that will Find what You Want: A Central Clearing House for All Your Business Wants”, in C. A. Musselman, editor, Automobile Trade Journal, volume XXIX...
- A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.
- There is yet a better manner of arranging the boxes; and for which invention we are indebted to Andrea Sighizzi, the ſcholar of [Francesco] Brizio and Dentone; […] The plan he followed was, that the boxes, according as they were to be removed from the ſtage towards the bottom of the theatre, ſhould...1767, [Francesco] Algarotti, “On the Structure of Theatres”, in An Essay on the Opera Written in Italian, London: Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers, →OCLC, pages 101–102
- Synonyms:
- loge
Phrases with boxes
- boxes in
- boxes up
- GC boxes
- PO boxes
- ask boxes
- bat boxes
- big boxes
- bio boxes
- boxes off
- boxes out
- cat boxes
- cox boxes
188 more phrasesFewer phrases
- dig boxes
- fly boxes
- hot boxes
- hug boxes
- ice boxes
- red boxes
- rip boxes
- ski boxes
- tee boxes
- toe boxes
- veg boxes
- wog boxes
- axle boxes
- baby boxes
- bait boxes
- bike boxes
- bird boxes
- blue boxes
- body boxes
- bone boxes
- boom boxes
- boxes ears
- busy boxes
- cage boxes
- call boxes
- cash boxes
- chad boxes
- coin boxes
- cool boxes
- cuss boxes
- deck boxes
- dice boxes
- drop boxes
- dust boxes
- fare boxes
- fart boxes
- fire boxes
- free boxes
- fuse boxes
- fuzz boxes
- gate boxes
- gold boxes
- grab boxes
- grow boxes
- heck boxes
- herb boxes
- jazz boxes
- juke boxes
- jump boxes
- jury boxes
- kill boxes
- list boxes
- live boxes
- loot boxes
- love boxes
- mail boxes
- meat boxes
- mite boxes
- mold boxes
- mult boxes
- nest boxes
- pass boxes
- pine boxes
- pink boxes
- plyo boxes
- poke boxes
- poor boxes
- post boxes
- rice boxes
- rose boxes
- salt boxes
- sand boxes
- shoe boxes
- shot boxes
- show boxes
- slip boxes
- soap boxes
- spit boxes
- swap boxes
- talk boxes
- TATA boxes
- text boxes
- tick boxes
- time boxes
- toby boxes
- tuck boxes
- wall boxes
- word boxes
- zoom boxes
- About boxes
- agony boxes
- apple boxes
- beach boxes
- beige boxes
- bento boxes
- bentō boxes
- bitty boxes
- black boxes
- blind boxes
- blood boxes
- boxes Harry
- bread boxes
- brown boxes
- cable boxes
- chalk boxes
- check boxes
- cigar boxes
- clack boxes
- coach boxes
- combo boxes
- crash boxes
- ditty boxes
- dodgy boxes
- error boxes
- feely boxes
- floor boxes
- fudge boxes
- glory boxes
- glove boxes
- green boxes
- group boxes
- honor boxes
- horse boxes
- idiot boxes
- jewel boxes
- juice boxes
- knock boxes
- light boxes
- loose boxes
- lunch boxes
- magic boxes
- mauve boxes
- miter boxes
- mitre boxes
- money boxes
- multi boxes
- music boxes
- olive boxes
- paint boxes
- patch boxes
- phone boxes
- pizza boxes
- power boxes
- press boxes
- screw boxes
- shine boxes
- snack boxes
- snuff boxes
- sound boxes
- spice boxes
- sruti boxes
- strum boxes
- sugar boxes
- swear boxes
- sweat boxes
- swell boxes
- ticky boxes
- urine boxes
- voice boxes
- water boxes
- Aussie boxes
- Balaam boxes
- ballot boxes
- banana boxes
- blotto boxes
- boxes clever
- cacher boxes
- cannon boxes
- casher boxes
- cheese boxes
- combat boxes
- common boxes
- decade boxes
- dialog boxes
- feelie boxes
- flower boxes
- funnel boxes
- Galton boxes
- goggle boxes
- honour boxes
- jockey boxes
- letter boxes
- litter boxes
- luxury boxes
- memory boxes
- moving boxes
- munchy boxes
- opaque boxes
Questions about boxes
- What is boxes the plural of?
- Boxes is the plural of box.
- How do you pronounce boxes?
- Boxes is pronounced /ˈbɑksɪz/ (US).
Words near boxes in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: boxes (page history and authors); box (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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