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Box

noun

A (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid.

Private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance. Synonym: loge.

The quantity contained in a box. Synonym: boxful.

A predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible. Synonym: corner.

A rectangular drawing.

Evergreen shrubs or small trees. Synonym: boxwood.

Any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned.

The driver's seat on a coach. Synonym: box seat.

Separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people.

10.

A blow with the hand (usually on the ear).

verb

(past & past part. boxed; pres. part. boxing)

Put into a box. Synonym: package.

Hit with the fist.

Engage in a boxing match.

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... other virtues. Whenever a benefit was given at the theatres in Dublin or Cork for the Masonic Orphan Asylum, she walked at the head of the Freemasons, with her apron and other insignia of Freemasonry, and sat in the front row of the stage box. The house was always crowded on ...

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