Kilo Lingo

box

/bɒks/

Line drawing of box
Coloured illustration of box
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Translation

A container with straight sides, used to hold or carry things.

Word origin

From Old English box, from Latin buxus, the box tree whose wood made such containers.

Origin
Old English
Root
box

Grammar

Gender
Pluralboxes

Examples

.

"Box" is one container for things.

.

"Boxes" is the plural, meaning more than one box.

Please .

Here "box" is the thing we open.

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This word is part of lesson 12.