Box vs. Case

Boxnoun

Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.

Boxnoun

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

Boxnoun

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

Boxnoun

A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.

Boxnoun

A compartment or receptacle for receiving items.

Boxnoun

A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.

Boxnoun

The driver's seat on a horse-drawn coach.

Boxnoun

A small rectangular shelter; a booth.

Boxnoun

(figuratively) A predicament or trap.

Boxnoun

(euphemistic) A coffin.

Boxnoun

(slang) Preceded by the: television.

Boxnoun

The vagina.

Boxnoun

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

Boxnoun

(cricket) A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder.

Boxnoun

(engineering) A cylindrical casing around the axle of a wheel, a bearing, a gland, etc.

Boxnoun

(fencing) A device used in electric fencing to detect whether a weapon has struck an opponent, which connects to a fencer's weapon by a spool and body wire. It uses lights and sound to notify a hit, with different coloured lights for on target and off target hits.

Boxnoun

(dated) A small country house.

Boxnoun

Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space

Boxnoun

A rectangle: an oblong or a square.

Boxnoun

(baseball) The rectangle in which the batter stands.

Boxnoun

(genetics) One of two specific regions in a promoter.

Boxnoun

(juggling) A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape.

Boxnoun

(soccer) The penalty area.

Boxnoun

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

Boxnoun

The wood from a box tree: boxwood.

Boxnoun

A musical instrument, especially one made from boxwood.

Boxnoun

(Australia) An evergreen tree of the genus Lophostemon (for example, the box scrub, Brisbane box, brush box, pink box, or Queensland box, Lophostemon confertus).

Boxnoun

A blow with the fist.

Boxnoun

(dated) A Mediterranean food fish of the genus Boops, which is a variety of sea bream; a bogue or oxeye.

Boxverb

(transitive) To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.

Boxverb

(transitive) Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.

Boxverb

(transitive) To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.

Boxverb

To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.

Boxverb

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

Boxverb

To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.

Boxverb

To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.

Boxverb

To place a value of a primitive type into a corresponding object.

Boxverb

(transitive) To strike with the fists; to punch.

Boxverb

To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.

Boxverb

To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.

Boxnoun

A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (Buxus suffruticosa), is much used for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc.

Boxnoun

A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes.

Boxnoun

The quantity that a box contain.

Boxnoun

A space with a few seats partitioned off in a theater, or other place of public amusement.

Boxnoun

A chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; as, a poor box; a contribution box.

Boxnoun

A small country house.

Boxnoun

A boxlike shed for shelter; as, a sentry box.

Boxnoun

An axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing.

Boxnoun

The driver's seat on a carriage or coach.

Boxnoun

A present in a box; a present; esp. a Christmas box or gift.

Boxnoun

The square in which the pitcher stands.

Boxnoun

A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue.

Boxnoun

A blow on the head or ear with the hand.

Boxverb

To inclose in a box.

Boxverb

To furnish with boxes, as a wheel.

Boxverb

To inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to bring to a required form.

Boxverb

To fight with the fist; to combat with, or as with, the hand or fist; to spar.

Boxverb

To strike with the hand or fist, especially to strike on the ear, or on the side of the head.

Boxverb

To boxhaul.

Boxnoun

a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid;

Boxnoun

private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance;

Boxnoun

the quantity contained in a box;

Boxnoun

a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible;

Boxnoun

a rectangular drawing;

Boxnoun

evergreen shrubs or small trees

Boxnoun

any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned;

Boxnoun

the driver's seat on a coach;

Boxnoun

separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people;

Boxnoun

a blow with the hand (usually on the ear);

Boxverb

put into a box;

Boxverb

hit with the fist;

Boxverb

engage in a boxing match

Boxnoun

a container with a flat base and sides, typically square or rectangular and having a lid

Boxnoun

the contents of a box

Boxnoun

television or a television set

Boxnoun

a casing containing a computer

Boxnoun

a coffin

Boxnoun

a coachman's seat.

Boxnoun

an area on a page that is to be filled in or that contains separate printed matter

Boxnoun

an area on a computer screen for user input or displaying information

Boxnoun

a box junction

Boxnoun

the penalty area

Boxnoun

the area occupied by the batter

Boxnoun

a separate section or enclosed area reserved for a group of people in a theatre or sports ground, or for witnesses or the jury in a law court

Boxnoun

a small country house for use when shooting or fishing.

Boxnoun

a protective casing for a piece of a mechanism

Boxnoun

short for gearbox

Boxnoun

a light shield for protecting a man's genitals in sport, especially in cricket.

Boxnoun

a facility at a newspaper office for receiving replies to an advertisement

Boxnoun

a facility at a post office whereby letters are kept until called for by the addressee.

Boxnoun

a woman's vagina.

Boxnoun

a slap with the hand on the side of a person's head

Boxnoun

a slow-growing European evergreen shrub or small tree with small glossy dark green leaves. It is widely used in hedging and for topiary, and yields hard, heavy timber.

Boxnoun

the hard, heavy wood of the box tree, formerly used for engraving and for musical instruments.

Boxnoun

any of a number of trees that have wood or foliage similar to the box tree.

Boxverb

put in or provide with a box

Boxverb

enclose (a piece of text) within printed lines

Boxverb

restrict the ability of (a person or vehicle) to move freely

Boxverb

mix up different flocks.

Boxverb

fight an opponent using one's fists; compete in the sport of boxing

Boxverb

recite the compass points in correct order.

Boxverb

make a complete change of direction

Box

A box (plural: boxes) is a type of container or rectangular prism used for the storage or transportation of its contents. The size of a box may vary, from the very smallest (such as a matchbox) to the size of a large appliance, and can be used for a variety of purposes ranging from the functional to the decorative.

Casenoun

An actual event, situation, or fact.

Casenoun

A given condition or state.

Casenoun

A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.

Casenoun

(academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.

Casenoun

(legal) A legal proceeding, lawsuit.

Casenoun

(grammar) A specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence.

Casenoun

Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.

Casenoun

(medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.

Casenoun

(programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.

Casenoun

A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.

Casenoun

A box, sheath, or covering generally.

Casenoun

A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.

Casenoun

An enclosing frame or casing.

Casenoun

A suitcase.

Casenoun

A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.

Casenoun

The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.

Casenoun

A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).

Casenoun

The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.

Casenoun

(poker slang) Four of a kind.

Casenoun

(US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.

Casenoun

(mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.

Casenoun

A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.

Caseverb

(obsolete) To propose hypothetical cases.

Caseverb

(transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.

Caseverb

(transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.

Caseverb

To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.

Caseadjective

(poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank.

Casenoun

A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book.

Casenoun

A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments.

Casenoun

A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type.

Casenoun

An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case.

Casenoun

A small fissure which admits water to the workings.

Casenoun

Chance; accident; hap; opportunity.

Casenoun

That which befalls, comes, or happens; an event; an instance; a circumstance, or all the circumstances; condition; state of things; affair; as, a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes.

Casenoun

A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury.

Casenoun

The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law; a suit or action at law; a cause.

Casenoun

One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word.

Caseverb

To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose.

Caseverb

To strip the skin from; as, to case a box.

Caseverb

To propose hypothetical cases.

Casenoun

a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy;

Casenoun

an occurrence of something;

Casenoun

a special set of circumstances;

Casenoun

a problem requiring investigation;

Casenoun

the actual state of things;

Casenoun

a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument;

Casenoun

a portable container for carrying several objects;

Casenoun

a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation;

Casenoun

a person requiring professional services;

Casenoun

the quantity contained in a case

Casenoun

a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home

Casenoun

a specific state of mind that is temporary;

Casenoun

nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence

Casenoun

the housing or outer covering of something;

Casenoun

a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities);

Casenoun

an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part

Casenoun

the enclosing frame around a door or window opening;

Casenoun

bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow;

Caseverb

look over, usually with the intention to rob;

Caseverb

enclose in, or as if in, a case;

Casenoun

an instance of a particular situation; an example of something occurring

Casenoun

the situation affecting or relating to a particular person or thing

Casenoun

an incident or set of circumstances under official investigation by the police

Casenoun

an instance of a disease, injury, or problem

Casenoun

a person or their particular problem requiring or receiving medical or welfare attention

Casenoun

a person whose situation is regarded as pitiable or as having no chance of improvement

Casenoun

an amusing or eccentric person.

Casenoun

a legal action, especially one to be decided in a court of law

Casenoun

a set of facts or arguments supporting one side in a legal case

Casenoun

a set of facts or arguments supporting one side of a debate or controversy

Casenoun

an agreed summary of the facts relating to a legal case, drawn up for review or decision on a point of law by a higher court.

Casenoun

any of the forms of a noun, adjective, or pronoun that express the semantic relation of the word to other words in the sentence

Casenoun

a container designed to hold or protect something

Casenoun

the outer protective covering of a natural or manufactured object

Casenoun

an item of luggage; a suitcase.

Casenoun

a box containing twelve bottles of wine or other drink, sold as a unit

Casenoun

each of the two forms, capital or minuscule, in which a letter of the alphabet may be written or printed.

Caseverb

surround in a material or substance

Caseverb

enclose in a protective container

Caseverb

reconnoitre (a place) before carrying out a robbery