Nouns Containing BOX
Here's the list of all the 195 Nouns Containing BOX in the English Language.
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| box | 1. a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid 2. private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance More Definitions → |
| boxing | 1. fighting with the fists 2. the enclosure of something in a package or box More Definitions → |
| toolbox | 1. a box or chest or cabinet for holding hand tools More Definitions → |
| mailbox | 1. a private box for delivery of mail 2. public box for deposit of mail More Definitions → |
| boxer | 1. someone who fights with his fists for sport 2. a workman employed to pack things into containers More Definitions → |
| jukebox | 1. a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin More Definitions → |
| sandbox | 1. mold consisting of a box with sand shaped to mold metal 2. a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in More Definitions → |
| boxers | 1. underpants worn by men More Definitions → |
| matchbox | 1. a box for holding matches More Definitions → |
| gearbox | 1. the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed More Definitions → |
| soapbox | 1. a crate for packing soap 2. a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it More Definitions → |
| shoebox | 1. a structure resembling a shoebox (as a rectangular building or a cramped room or compartment) 2. an oblong rectangular (usually cardboard) box designed to hold a pair of shoes More Definitions → |
| chatterbox | 1. orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf 2. an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker More Definitions → |
| firebox | 1. a furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned More Definitions → |
| tinderbox | 1. a dangerous state of affairs; a situation that is a potential source of violence 2. a box for holding tinder More Definitions → |
| boxcar | 1. a freight car with roof and sliding doors in the sides More Definitions → |
| decarboxylase | 1. any of the enzymes that hydrolize the carboxyl group More Definitions → |
| carboxyl | 1. the univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids More Definitions → |
| boxwood | 1. very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks 2. evergreen shrubs or small trees More Definitions → |
| homeobox | 1. one of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development More Definitions → |
| icebox | 1. white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures More Definitions → |
| lockbox | 1. a fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables More Definitions → |
| skybox | 1. an elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadium More Definitions → |
| carboxylate | More Definitions → |
| hotbox | 1. a journal bearing (as of a railroad car) that has overheated More Definitions → |
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