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Word entry · 3 letters

box

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"Container"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /bɒks/Part of speech noun, verbSorted boxStarts with BEnds with X12 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a blow with the hand (usually on the ear)

Word origin

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; compare Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “box or tablet made of boxwood; box; cylinder”) and πύξος (púxos, “box tree; boxwood”). Doublet of piseog, pyx, and pyxis.

Used in a sentence

  • a box of books
  • He brought me also a Box of Sugar, a Box of Flour, a Bag full of Lemons, and two Bottles of Lime-juice, and abundance of other Things: […]
  • post box post office box

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Used as a crossword answer12 curated clues

01Container3 letters
02Cardboard container3 letters
03Cardboard holder3 letters
04Cardboard package3 letters
05Container with flaps3 letters
06Moving container3 letters
07Package container3 letters
08Package shape3 letters

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