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

a cigarette box

a hat box

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

tick the box on the coupon

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

the royal box

a protective casing for a piece of a mechanism

in the second variation, a switch loop, only one cable enters the box

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

write to me care of Box 112

a woman's vagina

put in or provide with a box

each piece is boxed with a certificate of authenticity

Muriel boxed up all Christopher's clothes

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

he boxed for England

he had to box Bennett for the title

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

she gave him a box on the ear

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

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