box

box
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n
1. carton, package, pack, container, can, canister, skippet, Gk. and Rom. Antiq. pyxis; case, vasculum, receptacle, Rom. Cath. Ch. monstrance, shrine, reliquary; bin, crib, hutch, bunker; crate, trunk, coffer, casket, caddy, chest, file, cabinet; compartment, section, booth.
v
2. package, pack, bundle, wrap; can, encase, seal up, bottle up; enclose, confine, impound, contain; hem in, shut in, fence, corral, picket, pen, cage, coop; imprison, lock up, incarcerate, immure, wall in.
II
n
1. blow, swat, Inf. whack, thwack, cuff, buffet; knock, hit, strike, stroke, Inf. sock, punch, jab.
v
2. cuff, buffet, swat, Inf. whack, Inf. belt, Inf. sock, Inf. slam, Inf. slug, Inf. clout; strike, hit, knock, bat, batter, pound, lay on, pommel, pummel, Sl. paste; Inf. thump, Inf. lambaste, Inf. whale, Sl. whomp.
3. fight, spar, skirmish, scuffle, grapple, tussle, fisticuff; contend, contest, combat, battle

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