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| activation code |
a set of characters, consisting of numbers, letters, characters, or a combination of these, that is sent by a website to a user's email so that the website can verify the user's email address and comply with the user's request to begin a new service or change personal information. Once received, the user enters the code into the provided box on the website so that fulfillment of the user's request can begin. |
| aeolian harp |
a musical instrument consisting of an open box with gut strings stretched across it that produce rising and falling sounds when wind passes over them. |
| balance wheel |
a wheel that regulates the movement of parts of a mechanism, as in a watch or a music box. |
| bandbox |
a usu. cylindrical box of cardboard or thin wood, used to hold a hat or other clothing items. |
| box1 |
the amount contained in or the contents of a box; boxful. [3/9 definitions] |
| boxful |
the amount that a box can or does hold. |
| boxing1 |
an enclosure or casing resembling a box. [2/3 definitions] |
| box lunch |
an individual light meal, prepared and put in a box to be eaten later, as during travel or at a picnic. |
| 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 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. |
| 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. |
| caddy1 |
a small box or similar container, as for tea or pencils. |
| call box |
a box containing a telephone, posted on a street or highway, and used to make emergency calls. [1/2 definitions] |
| card file |
a shallow, usu. small box or drawer for index cards. [1/2 definitions] |
| carton |
a box made of thick paper, sometimes coated, or of plastic, made to hold one particular type of product. [2 definitions] |
| case2 |
a box and its contents, esp. a commercial product. [1/5 definitions] |
| casket |
a box in which a dead person is buried; coffin. [2/3 definitions] |
| chest |
a durable box with a lid and often with a lock, used for storage or shipping. [1/4 definitions] |
| coffin |
a rectangular box in which a dead person is buried or cremated. |
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