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box
What does box mean?
box (noun): a cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce box?
/bɑks/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does box come from?
From Middle English box (“container, box, cup”), from Old English box (“box, case”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā (“box”) from Late Latin buxis (“box”), Latin pyxis (“small box for medicines or toiletries”), of uncertain origin.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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a fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason
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a cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid
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