box
- box
n.
1) a call (BE), telephone (BE) box
2) a letter (BE) box, mailbox (AE), pillar (BE) box
3) a signal box (BE; AE has signal tower)
4) (ice hockey) a penalty box
5) a witness box (BE; AE has witness stand)
6) a music (AE), musical (BE) box
7) a prompt (BE), prompter's (AE) box
8) a shooting box (BE; CE has hunting lodge)
9) a black box ('electronic recording device')
10) a jewelry; lunch; spice box
11) a poor box (in a church)
12) a press box (for journalists)
14) (BE) a Christmas box ('a Christmas gift')
17) (slang) (BE) on the box ('on television')
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[bɒks]
musical (BE) box
pillar (BE) box
prompter's (AE) box
spice box
telephone (BE) box
mailbox
(ice hockey) a penalty box
a fire-alarm box
a jewelry
a letter (BE) box
a safe-deposit box
a suggestion box
(BE) a Christmas box
a black box
(slang) (BE) on the box
a music
a call
a prompt
a witness box
a shooting box
a signal box
a press box
a poor box
Combinatory dictionary.
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