boom box |
a portable stereo radio with built-in speakers, a carrying handle, and usu. a cassette or CD player, capable of producing loud sound. |
box elder |
a North American maple tree with compound leaves and soft wood that is used in making furniture. |
box lunch |
an individual light meal, prepared and put in a box to be eaten later, as during travel or at a picnic. |
box office |
the ticket sales office of a theater, concert hall, stadium, or the like. [3 definitions] |
box pleat |
a double pleat with edges folded toward each other. |
box score |
a statistical summary in table form of each player's performance in a game, esp. baseball or basketball. |
box seat |
a seat in a box, usu. offering a better view and some privacy, in a theater, concert hall, stadium, or the like. |
box spring |
a cloth-covered bedspring having rows of individual but connected helical springs inside a boxlike frame. |
box supper |
a social and fund-raising occasion at which the participants bid for donated box lunches. |
box turtle |
any of several North American land turtles with a hinged shell that can completely enclose the body; box tortoise. |
call box |
a box containing a telephone, posted on a street or highway, and used to make emergency calls. [2 definitions] |
check-box |
a small empty square printed next to an item on a form, test, or list, to be filled in with a check or other mark to indicate choice or completion. [2 definitions] |
dialog box |
a window that appears on a computer screen to ask for information from the person using the computer. |
jack-in-the-box |
a toy that is made up of a box with a puppet inside. The puppet springs out when the lid of the box is opened. |
knicker box |
a children's game of the past in which players roll marbles into a box, the object being for the marbles to travel through arches in the center of the box without bouncing back. |
miter box |
a boxlike structure used in carpentry, having slots to position a saw correctly in making angled cuts. |
music box |
a box containing a mechanical device that plays music. The music plays by winding a knob, lifting the lid of the box, or some other action. |
packing box |
a large box, crate, or the like in which goods or other items are packed for storage or transport. |
Pandora's box |
a source of unexpected problems or ills. |
penalty box |
an enclosure to the side of a hockey rink where penalized players must stay. |