Enclose+in+a+box
11box — I. /bɒks / (say boks) noun 1. a case or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., with a lid or removable cover. 2. → glory box. 3. Music a. a speaker box. b. any amplifier or electronic device. 4. the quantity contained… …
12box — I. noun (plural box or boxes) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Latin buxus, from Greek pyxos Date: before 12th century an evergreen shrub or small tree (genus Buxus of the family Buxaceae, the box family) with opposite entire… …
13box turtle — any of several chiefly terrestrial turtles of the genus Terrapene, of North America, having a hinged plastron that can be tightly shut to enclose and protect the body. Also called box tortoise. See illus. under turtle. [1795 1805, Amer.] * * *… …
14box in — Synonyms and related words: abate, adjust to, alter, assuage, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bottle up, bound, box, box up, cabin, cage, casket, chamber, circumscribe, cloister, close in, closet, coffin, compass, condition, confine, contain …
15enclose — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To shut in all around] Syn. confine, contain, surround, hem in, encircle, encompass, envelop, close in, shut in, circumscribe, corral, impound, blockade, picket, block off, fence in, fence off, set apart, lock up, imprison,… …
16box in — verb a) To enclose by drawing a box around b) To immobilize something, usually a vehicle, by placing obstacles, usually other vehicles, obstructing the free movement …
17enclose — Synonyms and related words: admit, assimilate, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bottle up, bound, box in, box up, cage, chamber, check, circle, circle in, circumscribe, cloister, close, close in, compass, compass about, complete, comprehend,… …
18box in — (Roget s IV) , v. Syn. confine, trap, block, hem in; see enclose 1 , hinder , surround 1 , 2 …
19box — I 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,… …
20Common box turtle — Common box turtle, 1842 drawing Conservation status …
