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box

verb
  1. to put into a box
    “Box the gift, please.”
    package
  2. to engage in a boxing match
    “I went to the arena to box.”
  3. to hit with the fist
    “I'll box your ears if you don't stop it right now!”
noun
  1. a blow with the hand, usually on the ear
    “I gave them a good box on the ear.”
  2. a (usually rectangular) container
  3. separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people
    “The sentry stayed in the box to avoid the cold.”
  4. private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance
    “the royal box was empty”
    loge
  5. the driver's seat on a coach
    “an armed guard sat in the box with the driver”
    box seat
  6. any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned
    “the umpire warned the batter to stay in the batter's box”
  7. evergreen shrubs or small trees
    boxwood
  8. the quantity contained in a box
    “I gave my friend a box of chocolates.”
    boxful
  9. a rectangular drawing
    “the flowchart contained many boxes”
  10. a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
    corner