box
noun
/bɑks/
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/bɒks/
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- A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
- A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
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boîte,
caisse
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- A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.
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loge
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- A compartment or receptacle for receiving items.
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boîte
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- (slang, vulgar) The vagina.
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boutique,
cheminée,
salle de jeu
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- (computing, slang) A computer, or the case in which it is housed.
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boîtier,
tour
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- A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.
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cadre,
case,
encadré
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- (engineering) A cylindrical casing around the axle of a wheel, a bearing, a gland, etc.
- A rectangle: an oblong or a square.
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cadre,
encadré
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- (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.
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case
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- (cricket) A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder.
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coquille,
protège-sexe
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- A small rectangular shelter.
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guérite
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- (slang) Preceded by the: television.
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lucarne,
téloche,
télé
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box
verb
/bɑks/
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/bɒks/
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- (transitive, architecture) To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.
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cacher
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- (transitive) To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.
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emboîter,
mettre en boîte
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box
verb
/bɑks/
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/bɒks/
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- (transitive) To strike with the fists; to punch.
- (transitive, boxing) To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.
- (intransitive, stative, boxing) To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.
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boxer
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box
noun
/bɑks/
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/bɒks/
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- (Australia) Various species of Eucalyptus trees are popularly called various kinds of boxes, on the basis of the nature of their wood, bark, or appearance for example, the drooping box (Eucalyptus bicolor), shiny-leaved box (Eucalyptus tereticornis), black box, or ironbark box trees.
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buis
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boxing
noun
/ˈbɑːksɪŋ/
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/ˈbɒksɪŋ/
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- (sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso; the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.
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boxe,
pugilat
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boxful
noun
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- as much as a box will hold
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boîte
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