box (in)

verb

Definition of box (in)next
as in to house
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers upon attempting to leave, we discovered we were completely boxed in by other cars

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  1. house
  2. include
  3. enclose
Verb
  • The pond, which is 100 years old, wasn’t designed to house koi fish and has begun to deteriorate with time.
    Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The futuristic-looking complex will house MGM, Bellagio and Aria resorts and in the middle of it all will be a smaller version of the iconic sphere in Las Vegas.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of house
Verb
  • Last season, including the playoffs, the 49ers scored a touchdowns on 68% of their red zone trips, best in the NFL.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Evacuations covered more than 80 square miles — the area shown in red — including some neighborhoods in Camarillo.
    Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of include
Verb
  • The conservative values still run deep in Livingston County, where rural farmland encloses its few urban areas.
    Sonja Krohn and Siddhi Choubey, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The theory is supported by recent efforts to uncover the identity of our most recent prokaryotic ancestor — the ancient cell that first enclosed a bacterium, resulting in the eukaryotic cell type.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of enclose
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“Box (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/box%20%28in%29. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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