Meaning
A container with straight sides, used to hold or carry things.
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Word origin
From Old English box, from Latin buxus, the box tree whose wood made such containers.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- box
Grammar
Examples
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"Box" is one container for things.
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"Boxes" is the plural, meaning more than one box.
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Here "box" is the thing we open.
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Stories
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This word is taught in chapter 7, lesson 4: box, smell, drug and 7 more words.