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Definition of Boxed

1. Adjective. Enclosed in or set off by a border or box. "Boxed announcements in the newspaper"

2. Adjective. Enclosed in or as if in a box. "Felt boxed in by the traffic"

Definition of Boxed

1. Verb. (past of box) ¹

2. Adjective. Packed into a box or boxes. ¹

3. 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Boxed

1. box [v] - See also: box

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boxed

box wine box wrench boxable boxball boxberries boxberry boxboard boxboards boxcar boxcar function

boxcar functions boxcars boxcutter boxcutters boxed (current term) boxed-in(a) boxed in boxed in(p) boxed set boxen

boxer boxer's ear boxer's fracture boxer briefs boxer shorts boxercise boxered boxers

Literary usage of Boxed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Express Service and Rates by William Henry Chandler (1914)
"3 Frames, Iron on Steel, without attachments I 3 Running Gear: boxed ... I Not boxed or crated. 2t I 4 Topi: Folded and boxed or crated I ..."

2. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1892)
"Full silk, ornamental gilt borders, gilt edges, boxed, per vol., $1.75. ... Each book boxed. 81.75 per vol. Our FALL CATALOGUE is now ready, ..."

3. Treatises in an Interstate Commerce and Railway Traffic Course by La Salle Extension University (1920)
"Sleighs and Cutters, NOS, including Codies thereof: KD and boxed or crated, minimum $3.00 ... Will not be accepted when neither folded, nor boxed or crated. ..."

4. The Commercial Apple Industry of North America by John Clifford Folger, Samuel Mable Thomson (1921)
"In the boxed apple regions, the orchardist usually distributes loose boxes under the ... Sorting and packing the boxed apples. The operation of sorting is ..."

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