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{ "term": "box", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "image": "data/images/pa/packaging.png", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "a container made of wood, thick card, metal, etc. with a flat base and sides and often a lid (= cover), used especially for holding solid things", "sensetop": "in a boxinside a box", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Everything we owned was neatly packed in **cardboard boxes**.", "contextForm": "in a box" }, { "text": "She kept all the letters in a box." }, { "text": "Do you know what is inside the box?", "contextForm": "inside a box" }, { "text": "She opened her money box to see if she had saved enough for a tennis racket." }, { "text": "a toolbox" }, { "text": "a matchbox" }, { "text": "She filled the box with old clothes." }, { "text": "The dog sleeps in a box lined with an old blanket." }, { "text": "The exhibition is free, but there is a collection box for donations." }, { "text": "They were sitting around the fire on upturned boxes." }, { "text": "This box holds ten candles and costs $21.40." }, { "text": "We packed all the books into boxes." }, { "text": "a box marked ‘fragile’" } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["rectangular", "square", "upturned"], "… of boxes": ["pile", "stack"], "verb + box": ["fill", "pack", "pack something in"], "box + verb": [ "be filled with something", "be full of something", "contain something" ], "preposition": ["in a/the box", "inside a/the box", "into a/the box"], "phrases": ["the lid of a box"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a box and its contents; the things a box contains", "sensetop": "box (of something)", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a box of chocolates/cereal/tissues" }, { "text": "He produced a box of matches from his pocket." }, { "text": "The cookies were so good that I ate the whole box." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["rectangular", "square", "upturned"], "… of boxes": ["pile", "stack"], "verb + box": ["fill", "pack", "pack something in"], "box + verb": [ "be filled with something", "be full of something", "contain something" ], "preposition": ["in a/the box", "inside a/the box", "into a/the box"], "phrases": ["the lid of a box"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "a square or rectangle on a page or computer screen for people to put information in or containing extra or different information", "labels": "(British English)(North American English)", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Put a cross in the appropriate box." }, { "text": "to **tick a box**" }, { "text": "to **check a box**" }, { "text": "Type your query in the **search box**." }, { "text": "There are over 300 special note boxes in the dictionary." }, { "text": "Put a cross in the box if you agree with the comments." }, { "text": "Tick the appropriate box below." }, { "text": "The basic search screen includes two text boxes for words to be searched." }, { "text": "A box pops up on the monitor providing a customer profile." }, { "text": "Please offer your own ideas in the comment box at the end of this blog." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["appropriate", "relevant", "dialog"], "verb + box": ["check", "fill in", "mark"], "preposition": ["in a/the box", "into a/the box"], "phrases": ["tick all the boxes"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "a small area in a theatre, court or sports stadium, separated off from where other people sit", "examples": [ { "text": "The painting depicts two elegantly dressed women in a box at the opera." }, { "text": "The judge addressed the 12 people seated in the jury box." }, { "text": "They drank champagne as they watched the game from the executive box." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["soundproof", "call", "phone"], "preposition": ["in a/the box", "into a/the box"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "a small shelter used for a particular purpose", "labels": "(British English, old-fashioned)", "examples": [ { "text": "a sentry/signal box" }, { "text": "a telephone/phone box" }, { "text": "There was a babble of languages in the commentary box when the race began." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["soundproof", "call", "phone"], "preposition": ["in a/the box", "into a/the box"] } }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "the television", "sensetop": "on the box", "labels": "(especially British English, old-fashioned, informal)", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "What's on the box tonight?", "contextForm": "on the box" } ], "topics": ["TV, radio and news"] }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "a place where two roads cross or join, marked with a pattern of yellow lines to show that vehicles must not stop in that area", "labels": "(British English)", "examples": [ { "text": "Only traffic turning right may enter the box." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "an area on a sports field that is marked by lines and used for a particular purpose", "labels": "(British English)", "examples": [ { "text": "He was fouled in the box *(= the penalty box)*." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 9, "definition": "a number used as an address, especially one given in newspaper advertisements to which replies can be sent", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": 10, "definition": "a piece of plastic that a man wears over his sex organs to protect them while he is playing a sport, especially cricket", "labels": "(British English)", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [], "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"] }, { "senseNumber": 11, "definition": "a small evergreen tree or bush with thick dark leaves, used especially for garden hedges", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": 12, "definition": "the hard wood of the box tree", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a set of methods or equipment that somebody can use", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Hotel managers are using a whole new bag of tricks to attract their guests." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to hit somebody with your hand on the side of their head as a punishment", "labels": "(old-fashioned)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to think about something, or how to do something, in a way that is new, different or shows imagination", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to do exactly the right things to please somebody", "labels": "(British English, informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "This is a movie that ticks all the boxes." }, { "text": "The house we would like to buy ticks all our boxes." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/bɒks/", "audio": "bo/box/box__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/bɑːks/", "audio": "bo/box/box__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "noun senses 1 to 10 late Old English, probably from late Latin buxis, from Latin pyxis ‘boxwood box’, from Greek puxos. noun senses 11 to 12 Old English, via Latin from Greek puxos." }