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I.box¹ S1 W1 /bɒks $ bɑːks/ BrE AmE noun
[Date: 900-1000; Language: Latin; Origin: buxus, from Greek pyxis, from pyxos type of tree, whose wood was used for making boxes]

1. CONTAINER [countable] a container for putting things in, especially one with four stiff straight sides
cardboard/wooden/plastic etc box
a strong cardboard box
toolbox/shoebox/matchbox etc (=a box used for keeping tools etc in)
2. AMOUNT (also boxful) [countable] the amount of something contained in a box
box of
a box of chocolates
3. SHAPE [countable]
a) a small square on a page for people to write information in:
Put an ‘X’ in the box if you would like to join our mailing list.
b) a ↑square or ↑rectangle on a page where information is given or where an answer can be written:
The box on the left gives a short history of the battle.
4. IN A COURT/THEATRE ETC [countable] a small area of a theatre or court that is separate from where other people are sitting:
the jury box
5. SMALL BUILDING [countable] a small building or structure used for a particular purpose SYN booth:
a sentry box
telephone box British English
6. AT A POST OFFICE box 25/450 etc a box with a number in a ↑post office, where you can have letters etc sent instead of to your own address SYN PO Box
7. SPORTS FIELD [countable usually singular] a special area of a sports field that is marked by lines and used for a particular purpose:
the penalty box
8. PROTECTION [countable] British English a piece of plastic that a man wears over his sex organs to protect them when he is playing a sport, especially ↑cricket
9. TREE [uncountable and countable] a small tree that keeps its leaves in winter and is often planted around the edge of a garden or field:
a box hedge
10. TELEVISION the box informal the television:
What’s on the box tonight?
11. be out of your box British English informal to be very drunk or have taken an illegal drug
⇨ ↑black box
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COLLOCATIONS
types of box
▪ a cardboard/wooden/plastic box We packed all our things into big cardboard boxes.
▪ a storage box (=for storing things in) Plastic storage boxes are useful for putting things in the attic.
▪ a toolbox The hammer’s in the tool box.
▪ a shoebox (=that you buy shoes in) She used to keep photographs in old shoe boxes.
▪ a sandwich/lunch box Most of the kids bring lunch boxes to school.
▪ a jewellery box British English, a jewelry box American English A jewellery box had gone missing.
▪ a money box (=that children save money in) How much have you got in your money box?
▪ a cash box (=for keeping a supply of money in, for example in a shop) Thieves stole £100 from a cash box at the school.
phrases
▪ a pile/stack of boxes There was a pile of boxes in the street outside the house.
II.box² BrE AmE verb
[Sense 1,4: Date: 1300-1400; Origin: Origin unknown. ]
[Sense 2-3: Date: 1400-1500; Origin: ⇨ ↑box¹]
1. [intransitive and transitive] to fight someone as a sport by hitting them with your closed hands inside big leather ↑gloves
2. (also box up) [transitive] to put things in boxes:
Help me box up the Christmas tree lights. ⇨ ↑boxed
3. [transitive] to draw a box around something on a page
4. box sb’s ears old-fashioned to hit someone on the side of their head
box somebody/something ↔ in phrasal verb
1. to surround someone or something so that they are unable to move freely:
Someone had parked right behind them, boxing them in.
2. feel boxed in
a) to feel that you cannot do what you want to do because a person or situation is limiting you:
Married for only a year, Connie already felt boxed in.
b) to feel that you cannot move freely, because you are in a small space
box something ↔ off phrasal verb
to separate a particular area from a larger one by putting walls around it:
We’re going to box off that corner to get extra storage space.

b\\boxhu

box
A box can hold things.

◎	[bɔks]
※	danh từ
	■	hộp, thùng, tráp, bao
	■	chỗ ngồi (của người đánh xe ngựa)
	■	lô (rạp hát); phòng nhỏ (khách sạn); ô (chuồng ngựa)
	■	chòi, điếm (canh)
	■	ghế (ở toà án, cho quan toà, nhân chứng...)
	■	tủ sắt, két sắt (để bạc); ống, hộp (bỏ tiền)
		☆	to put in the box
			bỏ ống
	■	quà (lễ giáng sinh)
	■	lều nhỏ, chỗ trú chân (của người đi săn)
	■	(kỹ thuật) hộp ống lót
	〆	to be in the same box
		✓	cùng chung một cảnh ngộ (với ai)
	〆	to be in one's thinking box
		✓	suy nghĩ chín chắn, thận trọng
	〆	to be in a tight box
		✓	lâm vào hoàn cảnh khó khăn
	〆	to be in the wrong box
		✓	lâm vào tình thế khó xử
※	ngoại động từ
	■	bỏ vào hộp
	■	đệ (đơn) lên toà án
	■	ngăn riêng ra; nhốt riêng vào từng ô chuồng
	〆	to box up
		✓	nhốt vào chuồng hẹp
		✓	đóng kín vào hộp
	〆	to box the compass
		✓	(xem) compass
※	danh từ
	■	cái tát, cái bạt tai
		☆	a box on the ear
			cái bạt tai
※	động từ
	■	tát, bạt (tai...)
		☆	to box someone's ears
			bạt tai ai
	■	đánh quyền Anh
※	danh từ
	■	(thực vật học) cây hoàng dương
	■	the Box chương trình truyền hình