boxed

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. enclosed in or set off by a border or box“boxed sections of the report”“boxed announcements in the newspaper”
  2. enclosed in or as if in a box“boxed cigars”“a confining boxed-in space”“felt boxed in by the traffic”Synonyms: boxed-in(a)boxed in(p)
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

boxed \boxed\ adj.

1.(Printing) enclosed in or set off by a border or box; as, boxed sections of the report; boxed announcements in the newspaper. [WordNet 1.5]

2.enclosed in a box. [PJC]


Box \Box\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boxed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Boxing.] [1913 Webster]

1.To inclose in a box. [1913 Webster]

2.To furnish with boxes, as a wheel. [1913 Webster]

3.(Arch.) To inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to bring to a required form. [1913 Webster]

To box a tree, to make an incision or hole in a tree for the purpose of procuring the sap.

To box off, to divide into tight compartments.

To box up. (a) To put into a box in order to save; as, he had boxed up twelve score pounds. (b) To confine; as, to be boxed up in narrow quarters. [1913 Webster]


bordered \bor"dered\ adj. having a border especially of a specified kind; sometimes used as a combining term; as, black-bordered handkerchief. Antonym of unbordered. [Narrower terms: boxed; deckled, deckle-edged, featheredged; lined; seagirt, sea-girt] Also See: finite. [WordNet 1.5]
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