Box vs. Square

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.

Squarenoun

(geometry) A polygon with four sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.

Squarenoun

(metonymically) Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form.

Squarenoun

A cell in a grid.

Squarenoun

A square piece, part, or surface, such as a square of glass.

Squarenoun

The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.

Squarenoun

(North America) A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert.

Squarenoun

(printing) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.

Squarenoun

An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.

Squarenoun

A true measure, standard, or pattern.

Squarenoun

An open space often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.

Squarenoun

(mathematics) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression.

Squarenoun

(military) A body of troops drawn up in a square formation.

Squarenoun

(1950s slang) A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in the latest fads or trends: still sometimes used in modern terminology.

Squarenoun

(British) The symbol # on a telephone; hash.

Squarenoun

(cricket) The central area of a cricket field, with one or more pitches of which only one is used at a time.

Squarenoun

(real estate) A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.

Squarenoun

(roofing) A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m2) of roof area.

Squarenoun

(academia) A mortarboard

Squarenoun

A square meal.

Squarenoun

(archaic) Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.

Squarenoun

The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.

Squarenoun

(astrology) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.

Squarenoun

(dated) The act of squaring, or quarrelling; a quarrel.

Squarenoun

(slang) Cigarette.

Squarenoun

(brewing) A vat used for fermentation.

Squareadjective

Shaped like a square the polygon.

Squareadjective

Forming a right angle, especially (nautical) at right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.

Squareadjective

Of numbers formed by multiplying two equal numbers.

Squareadjective

Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.

Squareadjective

Honest; straightforward.

Squareadjective

Fair.

Squareadjective

Even; tied

Squareadjective

(slang) Socially conventional; boring.

Squareadjective

(cricket) In line with the batsman's popping crease.

Squareadjective

Correctly aligned with respect to something else.

Squareadjective

hearty; vigorous

Squareadjective

Having a shape broad for the height, with angular rather than curving outlines.

Squareverb

(transitive) To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular:

Squareverb

(nautical) To place at a right angle to the keel.

Squareverb

To resolve or reconcile.

Squareverb

To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something.

Squareverb

Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.

Squareverb

(transitive) To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as.

Squareverb

(soccer) To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch

Squareverb

(archaic) To take opposing sides; to quarrel.

Squareverb

To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to suit; to fit.

Squareverb

(obsolete) To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.

Squareverb

To take a boxing attitude; often with up or off.

Squareverb

To form with four sides and four right angles.

Squareverb

To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces.

Squareverb

To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.

Squareverb

(astrology) To hold a quartile position respecting.

Squarenoun

The corner, or angle, of a figure.

Squarenoun

Hence, anything which is square, or nearly so

Squarenoun

A pane of glass.

Squarenoun

An area of four sides, generally with houses on each side; sometimes, a solid block of houses; also, an open place or area for public use, as at the meeting or intersection of two or more streets.

Squarenoun

An instrument having at least one right angle and two or more straight edges, used to lay out or test square work. It is of several forms, as the T square, the carpenter's square, the try-square., etc.

Squarenoun

Hence, a pattern or rule.

Squarenoun

The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; thus, 64 is the square of 8, for 8

Squarenoun

Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.

Squarenoun

A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to resist a charge of cavalry; a squadron.

Squarenoun

Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.

Squarenoun

The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.

Squarenoun

The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel.

Squarenoun

The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.

Squareadjective

Having four equal sides and four right angles; as, a square figure.

Squareadjective

Forming a right angle; as, a square corner.

Squareadjective

Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a square frame.

Squareadjective

Exactly suitable or correspondent; true; just.

Squareadjective

Rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest; as, square dealing.

Squareadjective

Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the accounts square.

Squareadjective

Leaving nothing; hearty; vigorous.

Squareadjective

At right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; - said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.

Squareverb

To form with four equal sides and four right angles.

Squareverb

To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square masons' work.

Squareverb

To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.

Squareverb

To adjust; to regulate; to mold; to shape; to fit; as, to square our actions by the opinions of others.

Squareverb

To make even, so as to leave no remainder or difference; to balance; as, to square accounts.

Squareverb

To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a quantity.

Squareverb

To hold a quartile position respecting.

Squareverb

To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards.

Squareverb

To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to conform or agree; to suit; to fit.

Squareverb

To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.

Squareverb

To take a boxing attitude; - often with up, sometimes with off.

Squarenoun

(geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon;

Squarenoun

the product of two equal terms;

Squarenoun

an open area at the meeting of two or more streets

Squarenoun

something approximating the shape of a square

Squarenoun

someone who doesn't understand what is going on

Squarenoun

a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views

Squarenoun

any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles;

Squarenoun

a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles;

Squareverb

raise to the second power

Squareverb

make square;

Squareverb

cause to match, as of ideas or acts

Squareverb

position so as to be square;

Squareverb

be compatible with;

Squareverb

pay someone and settle a debt;

Squareverb

turn the paddle; in canoeing

Squareverb

turn the oar, while rowing

Squareadjective

having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle;

Squareadjective

leaving no balance;

Squareadjective

characterized by honesty and fairness;

Squareadjective

without evasion or compromise;

Squareadjective

rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

Squareadverb

in a straight direct way;

Squareadverb

with honesty and fairness;

Squareadverb

in a square shape;

Squareadverb

firmly and solidly;

Squarenoun

a plane figure with four equal straight sides and four right angles

Squarenoun

a thing that is square or approximately square in shape

Squarenoun

a thing having the shape or approximate shape of a cube

Squarenoun

a small square area on the board used in a game

Squarenoun

a body of infantry drawn up in rectangular form.

Squarenoun

a unit of 100 square ft used as a measure of flooring, roofing, etc.

Squarenoun

a square scarf.

Squarenoun

a mortar board.

Squarenoun

the portion of the cover of a bound book which projects beyond the pages.

Squarenoun

an open, typically four-sided, area surrounded by buildings in a village, town, or city

Squarenoun

an open area at the meeting of streets.

Squarenoun

a closer-cut area at the centre of a ground, any strip of which may be prepared as a wicket.

Squarenoun

an area within a military barracks or camp used for drill.

Squarenoun

a block of buildings bounded by four streets.

Squarenoun

the product of a number multiplied by itself

Squarenoun

an L-shaped or T-shaped instrument used for obtaining or testing right angles

Squarenoun

an aspect of 90° (one quarter of a circle)

Squarenoun

a person considered to be old-fashioned or boringly conventional in attitude or behaviour

Squarenoun

a cigarette containing tobacco rather than cannabis.

Squarenoun

a square meal

Squareadjective

having the shape or approximate shape of a square

Squareadjective

having the shape or approximate shape of a cube

Squareadjective

having or in the form of two right angles

Squareadjective

having an outline resembling two corners of a square

Squareadjective

broad and solid in shape

Squareadjective

denoting a unit of measurement equal to the area of a square whose side is of the unit specified

Squareadjective

denoting the length of each side of a square shape or object

Squareadjective

at right angles; perpendicular

Squareadjective

in a direction transversely across the field or pitch

Squareadjective

having or denoting an aspect of 90°

Squareadjective

level or parallel

Squareadjective

properly arranged; in good order

Squareadjective

compatible or in agreement

Squareadjective

fair and honest

Squareadjective

(of two people) owing nothing to each other

Squareadjective

with both players or sides having equal scores in a game

Squareadjective

old-fashioned or boringly conventional

Squareadjective

(of rhythm) simple and straightforward.

Squareadverb

directly; straight

Squareadverb

fairly; honestly

Squareadverb

in a direction transversely across the field or pitch

Squareverb

make square or rectangular; give a square or rectangular cross section to

Squareverb

mark out in squares

Squareverb

multiply (a number) by itself

Squareverb

convert (a linear unit of measurement) to a unit of area equal to a square whose side is of the unit specified

Squareverb

make compatible; reconcile

Squareverb

be compatible

Squareverb

balance (an account)

Squareverb

settle or pay (a bill or debt)

Squareverb

make the score of (a match or game) even

Squareverb

bring (one's shoulders) into a position in which they appear square and broad, typically to prepare oneself for a difficult task or event

Squareverb

adopt a posture of defence.

Squareverb

secure the help or acquiescence of (someone), especially by offering an inducement

Squareverb

pass (a ball) across the field, especially towards the centre.

Squareverb

set (a yard or other part of a ship) at right angles to the keel or other point of reference.

Squareverb

(of a planet) have a square aspect with (another planet or position)

Square

In geometry, a square is a regular quadrilateral, which means that it has four equal sides and four equal angles (90-degree angles, or 100-gradian angles or right angles). It can also be defined as a rectangle in which two adjacent sides have equal length.