Plural of box
regular plural
The plural of box is boxes.
Forms of box
| Singular | box /bɒks/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | boxes /ˈbɑksɪz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Less standard forms: boxen (nonstandard).
Boxes in a sentence
- Even CrossFitters disagree on how to read the clowns; some box owners join outsider critics in condemning them as dangerous and distance themselves from boxes that still display them.2018 June 21, Mark Hay, “Some CrossFit Gyms Feature Pictures of These Puking, Bleeding Clowns”, in VICE, archived from the original on 30...
- I was wearing one of those old boxes – you know, the pink ones, like a soap dish.2011, John Duncan, “Rory Bremner”, in Cricket Wonderful Cricket, London: John Blake Publishing, →ISBN
- Since most users on the site are westerners, we have banned Unicode in all text input boxes.From the entry unicode
- I've put out the stock and broken down the boxes, it's just facing left to do.From the entry face
- The wholesaler broke the container loads into palettes and boxes for local retailers.From the entry break
Meaning of box
- noun A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
- noun A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
- noun A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.
Questions about the plural of box
- What is the plural of box?
- The plural of box is boxes.
- Is box countable?
- Box is a countable noun.
- Is boxen correct?
- boxen is marked nonstandard in Wiktionary. The usual plural of box is boxes.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: box (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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