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box

noun as in container, often square or rectangular

verb as in place in square or rectangular container

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verb as in punch competitively

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With 11 players in the six-yard box, there was even less room for the keeper to move.

From BBC

It’s still in the box and I’m like, let me try it on.

As steely and rough as his gaze could be, there was an omnipresent softness to his work that kept him from being boxed in.

From Salon

The carefully curated communal experience offered by repertory theaters is enduring the hardships of the box office, even after the pandemic, which led to the demise of some well-known cinemas.

An improvised fireless slow cooker is built from little more than a wooden box, expanding foam, and a yoga mat - and it works.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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