| Boxing Day |
December 26, a holiday in the UK and other Commonwealth countries, publicly observed on the first weekday after Christmas. |
| boxing gloves |
a heavily padded set of leather gloves of standard weight and design used in boxing. |
| 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. |
| boxthorn |
the matrimony vine. |
| box turtle |
any of several North American land turtles with a hinged shell that can completely enclose the body; box tortoise. |
| boxwood |
the hard, fine-grained, light yellow wood of the box tree or shrub, used for rulers, wood engravers' blocks, musical instruments, and the like. [2 definitions] |
| boxy |
like a box, as in shape or confining quality. |
| boy |
a male child or adolescent. [4 definitions] |
| boycott |
to refuse to buy, use, attend, or deal with (a product, activity, business, or the like), usu. as a protest or means of persuasion. [2 definitions] |
| boyfriend |
(informal) a male with whom one has a romantic relationship. [2 definitions] |
| boyhood |
the state or period of life when one is a boy. |
| boyish |
characteristic of a boy. |
| Boy Scout |
a male member of a large youth organization that teaches outdoor skills, physical fitness, and the value and responsibilities of citizenship. |
| Boy Scouts of America |
an American organization for youth that teaches outdoor skills, physical fitness, and the value and responsibilities of citizenship. |
| boysenberry |
a fruit resembling a blackberry in appearance and a raspberry in flavor. [2 definitions] |