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box

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noun

  • Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
  • Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space

verb

  • To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.
  • Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.
  • To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.
  • To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
  • To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.
  • To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.
  • To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.
  • To place a value of a primitive type into a corresponding object.

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