Synonyms of the word

box

• n. A cuboid space; a container, usually with a hinged lid.
• n. As much as fills a such a container.
• n. A compartment of a storage furniture, or of a part of such a furniture, such as of a drawer, shelving,…
• n. A compartment to sit in at a theater, courtroom, or auditorium.
• n. A small rectangular shelter like a booth.
• n. A rectangle.
• n. An input field on an interactive electronic display.
• n. A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements.
• n. A trap or predicament.
• n. The driver's seat on a coach.
• n. (cricket) A hard protector for the genitals worn by a batsman or close fielder inside the underpants.
• n. (engineering) A cylindrical casing around for example a bearing or gland.
• n. (soccer) The penalty area.
• n. (computing, slang) A computer, or the case in which it is housed.
• n. (slang, with the) Television.
• n. (slang, vulgar) The vagina.
• n. (euphemistic) Coffin.
• n. (juggling) A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike…
• n. Horse box.
• n. (baseball) The rectangle in which the batter stands.
• n. A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue.
• n. (dated) A small country house.
• n. (informal) box lacrosse.
• n. (genetics) One of two specific regions in a promoter.
• v. (transitive) To place inside a box; to pack in boxes.
• v. (transitive, usually with 'in') To hem in.
• v. (transitive, object-oriented programming) To place a value of a primitive type into a corresponding object.
• v. (transitive) To mix two containers of paint of similar color to ensure that the color is identical.
• v. (transitive) To furnish (e.g. a wheel) with boxes.
• v. (architecture) To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to bring to a required form.
• v. (transitive) To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
• n. Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus Buxus.
• n. Boxwood: the wood from a box tree.
• n. (Australia) Species of Lophostemon.
• n. (slang) A musical instrument, especially/usually one made from boxwood.
• n. A blow with the fist.
• v. (transitive) To strike with fists; to punch.
• v. (transitive) To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.
• v. (intransitive) To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.

area

• n. (mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
• n. A particular geographic region.
• n. Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
• n. The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept.
• n. (Britain) An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement.
• n. (soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
• n. (slang) Genitals.

blow

• adj. (now chiefly dialectal, Northern England) Blue.
• v. (intransitive) To produce an air current.
• v. (transitive) To propel by an air current.
• v. (intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.
• v. (transitive) To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.
• v. To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
• v. To clear of contents by forcing air through.
• v. (transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.
• v. (intransitive) To make a sound as the result of being blown.
• v. (intransitive, of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while…
• v. (intransitive) To explode.
• v. (transitive, with "up" or with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly…
• v. (transitive) To cause sudden destruction of.
• v. (intransitive) To suddenly fail destructively.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To be very undesirable (see also suck).
• v. (transitive, slang) To recklessly squander.
• v. (transitive, vulgar) To fellate.
• v. (transitive) To leave.
• v. To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.
• v. (obsolete) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
• v. (obsolete) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
• v. (intransitive) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
• v. (transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
• v. (obsolete) To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.
• v. (slang, informal, African American Vernacular) To sing.
• n. A strong wind.
• n. (informal) A chance to catch one’s breath.
• n. (uncountable, US, slang) Cocaine.
• n. (uncountable, Britain, slang) Cannabis.
• n. (uncountable, US Chicago Regional, slang) Heroin.
• n. The act of striking or hitting.
• n. A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
• n. A damaging occurrence.
• v. To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.
• n. A mass or display of flowers; a yield.
• n. A display of anything brilliant or bright.
• n. A bloom, state of flowering.

boxful

• n. as much as a box will hold.

boxwood

• n. (countable, uncountable) The box tree, Buxus sempervirens.
• n. (uncountable) The hard, close-grained wood of this tree, used in delicate woodwork and in making inlays.
• n. (countable, uncountable) Any tree of genus Buxus.

bush

• n. (horticulture) A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually…
• n. (slang, vulgar) A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's; loosely, a woman's vulva.
• n. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.
• n. A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a…
• n. (hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.
• v. (intransitive) To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.
• v. To set bushes for; to support with bushes.
• v. To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush.
• n. (archaic) A tavern or wine merchant.
• n. (often with "the") Rural areas, typically remote, wooded, undeveloped and uncultivated.
• n. (Canada) A woodlot or bluff on a farm.
• adv. (Australia) Towards the direction of the outback.
• adj. (colloquial) Not skilled; not professional; not major league.
• n. (baseball) Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior".
• n. A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal (also bushing).
• n. A mechanical attachment, usually a metallic socket with a screw thread, such as the mechanism by which…
• n. A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.
• v. (transitive) To furnish with a bush or lining.

case

• n. An actual event, situation, or fact.
• n. (now rare) A given condition or state.
• n. A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.
• n. (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
• n. (law) A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
• n. (grammar) A specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence.
• n. (grammar, uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within…
• n. (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
• n. (programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
• v. (obsolete) To propose hypothetical cases.
• n. A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
• n. A box, sheath, or covering generally.
• n. A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
• n. An enclosing frame or casing.
• n. A suitcase.
• n. A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be…
• n. The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
• n. (printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally…
• n. (typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case)…
• n. (poker slang) Four of a kind.
• n. (US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid…
• n. (mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
• n. A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
• adj. (poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank.
• v. (transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
• v. (transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
• v. (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for…

compartment

• n. A room, or section, or chamber.
• n. One of the parts into which an area is subdivided.
• n. (biochemistry) Part of a protein that serves a specific function.
• n. (heraldry) A mound (often of grass) beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.
• n. (anatomy) A region in the body, delimited by a biological membrane.
• v. (transitive) To arrange in separate compartments.

container

• n. Someone who contains; something that contains.
• n. An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
• n. A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods (also cargo container).
• n. (by extension) someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.
• n. (computing) A file format that can hold various types of data.
• n. (object-oriented programming) An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.
• n. (computing, graphical user interface) Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.

containerful

• n. As much as a container can hold.

contend

• v. To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
• v. To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
• v. To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.

corner

• n. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
• n. An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction…
• n. A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
• n. (business, finance) A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party…
• n. (heading) Relating to the playing field.
• n. A place where people meet for a particular purpose.
• v. (transitive) To drive (someone) into a corner or other confined space.
• v. (transitive) To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.
• v. (finance, business, transitive) To get or attempt to get a sufficient command of (a stock, commodity,…
• v. (automotive, transitive) To turn a corner or drive around a curve.
• v. (automotive, intransitive) To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.
• n. Someone or something that corns.

encase

• v. To enclose, as in a case.

fight

• v. (intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
• v. (intransitive) To strive for; to campaign or contend for success.
• v. (transitive) To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.).
• v. (transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
• v. (transitive) To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To cause to fight; to manage or manoeuvre in a fight.
• n. An occasion of fighting.
• n. (archaic) A battle between opposing armies.
• n. A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.
• n. (sports) A boxing or martial arts match.
• n. A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.
• n. The will or ability to fight.
• n. (obsolete) A screen for the combatants in ships.

hit

• v. (heading, physical) To strike.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.
• v. (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
• v. (heading) To attain, to achieve.
• v. (transitive) To affect negatively.
• v. (heading, games) To make a play.
• v. (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.
• v. (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.
• v. (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
• n. A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches…
• n. (music) A recorded song that receives widespread recognition and success, mainly through radio airplay.
• n. An attack on a location, person or people.
• n. (computing, Internet) The result of a search of a computer system or of a search engine.
• n. (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
• n. An approximately correct answer in a test set.
• n. (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s…
• n. (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
• n. A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
• n. (dated) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark.
• n. A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
• adj. Designating of a popular song.
• pron. (dialectal) It.

incase

• v. Alternative spelling of encase.

loge

• n. A booth or stall.
• n. The lodge of a concierge.
• n. An upscale seating region in a modern concert hall or sports venue, often in the back lower tier, or on…
• n. An exclusive box or seating region in older theaters and opera houses, having wider, softer, and more…

package

• n. Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.
• n. Something which consists of various components, such as a piece of computer software.
• n. (computing) A piece of software which has been prepared in such a way that it can be installed with a…
• n. (uncountable, archaic) The act of packing something.
• n. Something resembling a package.
• n. A package holiday.
• n. A football formation.
• n. (euphemistic, vulgar) The male genitalia.
• n. (uncountable, historical) A charge made for packing goods.
• v. To pack or bundle something.
• v. To travel on a package holiday.

plight

• n. A dire or unfortunate situation.
• n. (now rare) A (neutral) condition or state.
• n. (obsolete) Good health.
• n. (now chiefly dialectal) Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril.
• n. (now chiefly dialectal) An instance of danger or peril; a dangerous moment or situation.
• n. (now chiefly dialectal) Blame; culpability; fault; wrong-doing; sin; crime.
• n. (now chiefly dialectal) One's office; duty; charge.
• n. (archaic) That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
• v. (transitive, now rare) To expose to risk; to pledge.
• v. (transitive) Specifically, to pledge (one's troth etc.) as part of a marriage ceremony.
• v. (reflexive) To promise (oneself) to someone, or to do something.
• v. (obsolete) To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
• n. (obsolete) A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.

predicament

• n. A definite class, state or condition.
• n. An unfortunate or trying position or condition; a tight spot.
• n. (logic) That which is predicated; a category.

quandary

• n. A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation…
• n. A dilemma, a difficult decision or choice.

rectangle

• n. (geometry) A quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.

seat

• n. Something to be sat upon.
• n. A location or site.
• n. The starting point of a fire.
• n. Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
• v. (transitive) To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.
• v. (transitive) To provide with places to sit.
• v. (transitive) To request or direct one or more persons to sit.
• v. (transitive, legislature) To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one…
• v. (transitive) To assign the seats of.
• v. (transitive) To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To rest; to lie down.
• v. To settle; to plant with inhabitants.
• v. To put a seat or bottom in.

shrub

• n. A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.
• v. (obsolete) To lop; to prune.
• v. (transitive, Kenyan English) To mispronounce a word by replacing its consonant sound(s) with another or…
• n. A liquor composed of vegetable acid, fruit juice (especially lemon), sugar, sometimes vinegar, and a small…

struggle

• n. Strife, contention, great effort.
• v. To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.
• v. To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.