1. • noun - a (usually rectangular) container
   • noun - private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance
   • noun - the quantity contained in a box
   • noun - a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
   • noun - a rectangular drawing
   • noun - evergreen shrubs or small trees
   • noun - any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned
   • noun - the driver's seat on a coach
   • noun - separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people
   • noun - a blow with the hand (usually on the ear)
   • verb - put into a box
   • verb - hit with the fist
   • verb - engage in a boxing match
2. • Abbr.
   • A container typically constructed with four sides perpendicular to the base and often having a lid or cover.
   • The amount or quantity that such a container can hold.
   • A square or rectangle: Draw a box around your answer.
   • A separated compartment in a public place of entertainment, such as a theater or stadium, for the accommodation of a small group.
   • An area of a public place, such as a courtroom or stadium, marked off and restricted for use by persons performing a specific function: a jury box.
   • A small structure serving as a shelter: a sentry box.
   • A small country house used as a sporting lodge: a shooting box.
   • A box stall.
   • The raised seat for the driver of a coach or carriage.
   • Baseball.
   • An area on a diamond marked by lines designating where the batter may stand.
   • Any of various designated areas for other team members, such as the pitcher, catcher, and coaches.
   • A penalty box.
   • Featured printed matter enclosed by hairlines, a border, or white space and placed within or between text columns.
   • A hollow made in the side of a tree for the collection of sap.
   • A post office box.
   • An insulating, enclosing, or protective casing or part in a machine.
   • A signaling device enclosed in a casing: an alarm box.
   • A television.
   • A very large portable radio.
   • A gift or gratuity, especially one given at Christmas.
   • An awkward or perplexing situation; a predicament.
   • The vulva and the vagina.
   • To pack in a box.
   • To confine in or as if in a box.
   • To border or enclose with or as if with a box: Key sections of the report are boxed off.
   • To provide a housing or case for (a machine part, for example).
   • To limit the activity or influence of by or as if by creating a restrictive structure or outlining a territory: The legislature was boxed in by its earlier decisions.
   • To block (a competitor or opponent) from advancing, especially to hinder an opponent from getting a rebound in basketball by placing oneself between the opponent and the basket: was boxed out by the tallest player on the team; was boxed in on the homestretch.
   • To boxhaul.
   • To cut a hole in (a tree) for the collection of sap.
   • To blend (paint) by pouring alternately between two containers.
   • To change the shape of (a structure, such as a wall) by applying lath and plaster or boarding.
   • To name the 32 points of the compass in proper order.
   • In a very difficult or restrictive situation.
   • To hit with the hand or fist.
   • To take part in a boxing match with.
   • Any of several evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus Buxus, especially the Eurasian species B.
   • The hard, light yellow wood of these plants, used to make musical instruments, rulers, inlays, and engraving blocks.
   • Any of several other shrubs or trees with similar foliage or timber.
3. • v - to put in a box (a rectangular container)

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