<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover.</li><li>the quantity contained in a box: She bought a box of candy as a gift.</li><li>Chiefly British. a gift or present: a Christmas box.</li><li>post office box.</li><li>a compartment or section in a public place, shut or railed off for the accommodation of a small number of people, especially in a theater, opera house, sports stadium, etc.</li><li>a small enclosure or area in a courtroom, for witnesses or the jury.</li><li>a small shelter: a sentry's box.</li><li>British. a small house, cabin, or cottage, as for use while hunting: a shooting box.</li><li>a telephone booth.</li><li>a wardrobe trunk.</li><li>box stall.</li><li>the driver's seat on a coach.</li><li>the section of a wagon in which passengers or parcels are carried.</li><li>Automotive. the section of a truck in which cargo is carried.</li><li>the box, Informal. television: Are there any good shows on the box tonight?</li><li>part of a page of a newspaper or periodical set off in some manner, as by lines, a border, or white space.</li><li>any enclosing, protective case or housing, sometimes including its contents: a gear box; a fire-alarm box.</li><li>Baseball. either of two marked spaces, one on each side of the plate, in which the batter stands.</li><li>either of two marked spaces, one outside of first base and the other outside of third, where the coaches stand.</li><li>the pitcher's mound.</li><li>the marked space where the catcher stands.</li><li>a difficult situation; predicament.</li><li>Agriculture. a bowl or pit cut in the side of a tree for collecting sap.</li><li>Jazz Slang. a stringed instrument, as a guitar.</li><li>a piano.</li><li>Informal. a phonograph.</li><li>a boom box.</li><li>a computer.</li><li>Slang. a coffin.</li><li>Slang: Vulgar. the vulva or vagina.</li></ul><p><strong>verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to put into a box: She boxed the glassware before the movers came.</li><li>to enclose or confine as in a box (often followed by in or up).</li><li>to furnish with a box.</li><li>to form into a box or the shape of a box.</li><li>to block so as to keep from passing or achieving better position (often followed by in): The Ferrari was boxed in by two other cars on the tenth lap.</li><li>to group together for consideration as one unit: to box bills in the legislature.</li><li>Building Trades. to enclose or conceal (a building or structure) as with boarding.</li><li>Agriculture. to make a hole or cut in (a tree) for sap to collect.</li><li>to mix (paint, varnish, or the like) by pouring from one container to another and back again.</li><li>Australian. to mix groups of sheep that should be kept separated.</li><li>to confuse someone or something.</li><li>verb phrase Basketball. to position oneself between an opposing player and the basket to hinder the opposing player from rebounding or tipping in a shot; block out.</li></ul>