box




a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid

"he rummaged through a box of spare parts"

Type of:
  • container

Types:
  • ballot box
  • bandbox
  • carton
  • casket; jewel casket
  • cereal box
  • chest
  • cigar box
  • coffin; casket
  • crate
  • flat
  • hod
  • mailbox; letter box
  • matchbox
  • paintbox
  • pencil box; pencil case
  • playbox; play-box
  • poor box; alms box; mite box
  • pyxis
  • shadow box
  • shoebox
  • snuffbox
  • strongbox; deedbox
  • tinderbox
  • tuck box
  • window box


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