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boxy

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈbɒk.si/
  • rhymes with -ɒksi
  • CMU ARPABET: B AA1 K S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Box-shaped, boxlike, or otherwise suggestive of boxes (with right angles or at least blunt profiles).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

resembling a box in rectangularity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boxlike, box-shaped

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English box Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English boxy From box + -y.