box
/bɒks/ nounDefinition
CONTAINER [C] › a square or rectangular container: a cardboard box a box of chocolates/matches
SQUARE SPACE [C] › a small square on a page that gives you information or where you write information: Tick the box if you would like more details.
SMALL PLACE [C] › a small area of a theatre, court, etc that is separate from where other people are sitting
the box informal › the television: What's on the box tonight? → See also phone box → See also post box → See also witness box
(Definition of box noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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