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Boxford

Boxford proper noun: a town and census-designated place therein, in Essex County, Massachusetts.

Proper noun

Boxford

  1. A town and census-designated place therein, in Essex County, Massachusetts.
  2. A ghost town in DeKalb County, Missouri, not named Oxford as intended due to an error.
  3. A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4271).
  4. A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9640).
  5. A surname.

Origin of Boxford

From Box + ford.

Questions about Boxford

What does Boxford mean?
Boxford means a town and census-designated place therein, in Essex County, Massachusetts.
What part of speech is Boxford?
Boxford is a proper noun.

Words near Boxford in the dictionary

  1. boxes the Jesuit
  2. boxes up
  3. boxesful
  4. boxfish
  5. boxfishes
  6. Boxford
  7. boxful
  8. boxfuls
  9. Boxgrove
  10. boxhaul
  11. boxhauled

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