Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Printing) enclosed in or set off by a border or box.
- adjective enclosed in a box.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
box . - adjective Packed into a
box or boxes. - adjective 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.
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- adjective enclosed in or as if in a box
- adjective enclosed in or set off by a border or box
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Examples
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Why was the tag boxed with 1968-979’s bones and not processed through proper channels?
Spider Bones Kathy Reichs 2010
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Like movie studios and music companies, comic-book publishers reissue their most popular material in "boxed sets" with a little extra material and a much bigger price.
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Slip-case designed by David Pelham for a Penguin boxed set of four 1974 Ballard reprints. by James Pardey
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Dry rosé becoming acceptable, the encouraging quality gains in boxed wines and the slow move away from furniture wines (over-oaked) are all positves.
Wine trends of the Naughties – reflections through the wine glass | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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Like movie studios and music companies, comic-book publishers reissue their most popular material in "boxed sets" with a little extra material and a much bigger price.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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Colby's advice is interwoven, in boxed format, throughout the book.
Arthur Rosenfeld: Power Couple, Power Recovery Arthur Rosenfeld 2010
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But, of course, a strong leader, a real leader, would have kept Saddam Hussein boxed in.
Think Progress » The CIA unit dedicated to hunting Osama Bin Laden 2006
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-- A scene composed of a rear drop and matching wings, and not "boxed" -- that is, not completely enclosed.
Writing for Vaudeville Brett Page
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a split open wide crusades pin boxed papacy jumping jack jehadis one eyed mullahs and politicised unspiritual world terrorising torturing destroying man and mankind chess moves. poem no 654 posted 3 oct 2006
God on the Move « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2006
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Choose and/or showcase more items that one would consider gifts (by pricepoint, item category, etc.) as well as smaller items that ship in boxed packages that aren’t necessarily holiday in theme so if they don’t sell out over the holiday, they can be carried into the New Year.
Women Grow Business » But It’s Still August! Welcome to Holiday Rush Planning for Small Business 2009
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Boxed warnings (formerly known as Black Box Warnings) are the highest safety-related warning that medications can have assigned by the Food and Drug Administration. These warnings are intended to bring the consumer’s attention to the major risks of the drug. Medications can have a boxed warning added, taken away, or updated throughout their tenure on the market. Over 400 different medications currently have boxed warnings.[1]Boxed warnings typically apply to a particular drug cohort rather than one specific drug; this is because, commonly, the severe risk is associated with the mechanism of action and its undesired effects on the body, therefore applying to several medications within a class.[2]Go
Box Warning Claire Delong 2023
john commented on the word boxed
“You’re going to go get boxed on a Friday or Saturday night,” he said. “You don’t want to say you lost your shield when you were out drinking, so you carry a dupe.”
The New York Times, The Officer Is Real; The Badge May Be an Impostor, by Ray Rivera, November 30, 2009
December 1, 2009
yarb commented on the word boxed
Never come across this one before, any ideas on its provenance?
December 1, 2009