Standard Lemma guide

boxed

adj · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /bɒkst/
  • UK: bäkst
  • UK: /ˈbɑːkst/
  • rhymes with -ɒkst
  • CMU ARPABET: B AA1 K S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Packed into a box or boxes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • The books are boxed, ready for shipping.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

In bridge and other card games if the cards in a pack are reversed face-up and face-down then the pack is said to be boxed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Of domesticated animals, discrete flocks or herds having become mixed, either accidentally or deliberately. (Aust. OED)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of box

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

enclosed in or set off by a border or box

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • boxed sections of the report
  • boxed announcements in the newspaper

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

enclosed in or as if in a box

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • boxed cigars
  • a confining boxed-in space
  • felt boxed in by the traffic

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boxed-in(a), boxed in(p)

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Real reading context

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