Box

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.

   “A terrible voice in the hall cried, "Bring down Master Scrooge's box, there!" and in the hall appeared the schoolmaster himself, who glared on Master Scrooge with a ferocious condescension, and threw him into a dreadful state of mind by shaking hands with him.”

2. isim A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.

   “a box of books”

3. isim A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.
4. isim A compartment or receptacle for receiving items.

   “post box  post office box”

5. isim A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements; see also box number.
6. isim A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.

   “One night he proposed a champagne supper, to which, he said he had invited a friend of his. I consented without hesitation, and soon after we proceeded to an eating house and seating ourselves in a private box, ordered supper.”

7. isim The driver’s seat on a horse-drawn coach.
8. isim A small rectangular shelter.

   “sentry-box”

9. isim Ellipsis of horsebox (“container for transporting horses”).

   “He was a fine-looking middle-aged man, and his voice said at once that he expected to be obeyed. He was very friendly and polite to John, and after giving us a slight look, he called a groom to take us to our boxes, and invited John to take some refreshment.”

10. isim Ellipsis of gearbox.

    “They were capable of climbing most hills in second low but for this exercise we decided to go for the bottom of the box, just to be sure.”

11. isim Ellipsis of stashbox.

    “Thinkin' like Roddy, got a stick in the box (Roddy) Hide in another car, we just blickin' the opps (Bah)”

12. isim Ellipsis of signal box.

    “Sparks from the derailed bogie of the train were first noticed by the signalman at Slough West box, who immediately sent to Slough Middle box the "Stop and Examine" signal, followed at once by "Obstruction Danger" when he realised that the coach was derailed.”

13. isim A predicament or trap.

    “I’m really in a box now.”

14. isim A prison cell.
15. isim A cell used for solitary confinement.

    “I am in what you call 'the box' confined to a 'special' housing unit for punishment because I stabbed some guys who call they self godly and are always beaten up on gays and she males because they hate homosexuals.”

16. isim A coffin.

    “Prior to the explosion we spoke about what would happen if he [Lance-Corporal James Simpson] died and came back in a box and what music he would want at his funeral.”

17. isim The television.
18. isim The vagina.

    “Without warning, he withdrew his finger and drove his tongue inside her creamy, hot box. She gave a sharp intake of breath.”

19. isim A computer, or the case in which it is housed.

    “a UNIX box”

20. isim A gym dedicated to the CrossFit exercise program.

    “Joshua Newman, until last month a co-owner of CrossFit NYC, which says it is the world's largest box, recalled a member in the gym's early days who was nicknamed "Welcoming Committee."”

21. fiil To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.

    “Scrapbooks that have enduring value in their original form should be individually boxed in custom-fitted boxes.”

22. fiil Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.

    “A large majority of children seem to delight in emotionally boxing in their parents—setting the double-bind trap by giving the parent two choices but determining ahead of time that neither choice will be sufficient for their satisfaction.”

23. fiil To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.
24. fiil To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.

    “The early settlers either boxed the tree or cut large slanting gashes, from the lower end of which a rudely fashioned spout conducted the sap to a bucket. This method was very destructive to the tree, and boring was substituted for it.”

25. fiil To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.

    “As early as the 1850s, prisons were being made "safer" by boxing in water pipes and enclosing galleries with netting to prevent jumping.”

26. fiil To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.
27. fiil To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.
28. fiil To place a value of a primitive type into a casing object.
29. fiil To enter the pit.

    ““Okay Lewis, so box this lap, box, box””

30. isim Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of genus Buxus, especially common box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary.

    “And no maruell. For, the leaues of Boxe be deletorious, poiſonous, deadlie, and to the bodie of man very noiſome, dangerous and peſtilent[…]”