{
    "term": "box",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/pa/packaging.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a container made of wood, thick card, metal, etc. with a flat base and sides and often a lid (= cover), used especially for holding solid things",
            "sensetop": "in a boxinside a box",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Everything we owned was neatly packed in **cardboard boxes**.",
                    "contextForm": "in a box"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She kept all the letters in a box."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you know what is inside the box?",
                    "contextForm": "inside a box"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She opened her money box to see if she had saved enough for a tennis racket."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a toolbox"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a matchbox"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She filled the box with old clothes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dog sleeps in a box lined with an old blanket."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The exhibition is free, but there is a collection box for donations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were sitting around the fire on upturned boxes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This box holds ten candles and costs $21.40."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We packed all the books into boxes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a box marked ‘fragile’"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["rectangular", "square", "upturned"],
                "… of boxes": ["pile", "stack"],
                "verb + box": ["fill", "pack", "pack something in"],
                "box + verb": [
                    "be filled with something",
                    "be full of something",
                    "contain something"
                ],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the box", "inside a/​the box", "into a/​the box"],
                "phrases": ["the lid of a box"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a box and its contents; the things a box contains",
            "sensetop": "box (of something)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a box of chocolates/cereal/tissues"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He produced a box of matches from his pocket."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The cookies were so good that I ate the whole box."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["rectangular", "square", "upturned"],
                "… of boxes": ["pile", "stack"],
                "verb + box": ["fill", "pack", "pack something in"],
                "box + verb": [
                    "be filled with something",
                    "be full of something",
                    "contain something"
                ],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the box", "inside a/​the box", "into a/​the box"],
                "phrases": ["the lid of a box"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a square or rectangle on a page or computer screen for people to put information in or containing extra or different information",
            "labels": "(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Put a cross in the appropriate box."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **tick a box**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **check a box**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Type your query in the **search box**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are over 300 special note boxes in the dictionary."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Put a cross in the box if you agree with the comments."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tick the appropriate box below."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The basic search screen includes two text boxes for words to be searched."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A box pops up on the monitor providing a customer profile."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Please offer your own ideas in the comment box at the end of this blog."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["appropriate", "relevant", "dialog"],
                "verb + box": ["check", "fill in", "mark"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the box", "into a/​the box"],
                "phrases": ["tick all the boxes"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a small area in a theatre, court or sports stadium, separated off from where other people sit",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The painting depicts two elegantly dressed women in a box at the opera."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The judge addressed the 12 people seated in the jury box."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They drank champagne as they watched the game from the executive box."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["soundproof", "call", "phone"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the box", "into a/​the box"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a small shelter used for a particular purpose",
            "labels": "(British English, old-fashioned)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a sentry/signal box"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a telephone/phone box"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a babble of languages in the commentary box when the race began."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["soundproof", "call", "phone"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the box", "into a/​the box"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "the television",
            "sensetop": "on the box",
            "labels": "(especially British English, old-fashioned, informal)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What's on the box tonight?",
                    "contextForm": "on the box"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "a place where two roads cross or join, marked with a pattern of yellow lines to show that vehicles must not stop in that area",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Only traffic turning right may enter the box."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "an area on a sports field that is marked by lines and used for a particular purpose",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was fouled in the box *(= the penalty box)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "a number used as an address, especially one given in newspaper advertisements to which replies can be sent",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 10,
            "definition": "a piece of plastic that a man wears over his sex organs to protect them while he is playing a sport, especially cricket",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 11,
            "definition": "a small evergreen tree or bush with thick dark leaves, used especially for garden hedges",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 12,
            "definition": "the hard wood of the box tree",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a set of methods or equipment that somebody can use",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Hotel managers are using a whole new bag of tricks to attract their guests."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to hit somebody with your hand on the side of their head as a punishment",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to think about something, or how to do something, in a way that is new, different or shows imagination",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to do exactly the right things to please somebody",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This is a movie that ticks all the boxes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The house we would like to buy ticks all our boxes."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɒks/",
                "audio": "bo/box/box__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɑːks/",
                "audio": "bo/box/box__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun senses 1 to 10 late Old English, probably from late Latin buxis, from Latin pyxis ‘boxwood box’, from Greek puxos. noun senses 11 to 12 Old English, via Latin from Greek puxos."
}