Box

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Box

1. A surname​.
2. a village south of Stroud, Gloucestershire, England.
3. a village near Corsham, Wiltshire, England.

• Box-Muller transform
• Boxford
• Boxgrove

Borrowed from English box, from Old English box, from Proto-Germanic *buhsuz, *buhsijō, from Latin buxus, buxis, from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís), πύξος (púxos, “boxwood”). Doublet of Büchse (“can”) and Buchse (“bushing, connector”).

• IPA^(key): /bɔks/

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Box f (genitive Box, plural Boxen)

1. box (rectangular container); but not as widely used as in English, perhaps commonest for plastic boxes
2. (electronics) loudspeaker (box-like encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices)
3. (equestrianism) a stall for a horse (compartment in a stable); not used for a horsebox, which is Pferdeanhänger
4. (motor racing) pit (area for refueling and repairing)

• With regard to the derived senses 2, 3, and 4, Box has become a false friend of its English etymon, box.

• (box): Behälter; Dose; Karton; Kasten; Kiste; Schachtel

• Blackbox
• Boxenstopp
• Pferdebox
• Plastikbox

• Box in Duden online

• IPA^(key): /boks/

Box f (plural Boxen)

1. trousers