# box

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɒks/ · frequency rank #962

## Definitions
1. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
2. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
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27. Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
28. Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space
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36. A rectangular object in any number of dimensions.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Ancient Greek πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos)
Ancient Greek -ις (-is)
Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís)bor.
Late Latin buxisbor.
Proto-West Germanic *buhsā
Old English box
Middle English box
English box
From Middle English box (“container, box, cup”), from Old English box (“box, case”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā (“box”) from Late Latin buxis (“box”), Latin pyxis (“small box for medicines or toiletries”), of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “box or tablet made of boxwood; box; cylinder”) and πύξος (púxos, “box tree; boxwood”). Doublet of piseog, pyx, and pyxis.
Cognate with Middle Dutch bosse, busse (“jar; tin; round box”) (modern Dutch bos (“wood, forest”), bus (“container, box; bushing of a wheel”)), Old High German buhsa (Middle High German buhse, bühse, modern German Büchse (“box; can”)), Swedish bössa (“box”).
The humorous plural form boxen is from box + -en, by analogy with oxen.
(motor racing): Used since it is more distinct over the radio compared to pit. Also from German Boxenstopp (“pit stop”).

## Easily confused with
- **by** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/box-vs-by)
- **BS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/box-vs-bs)
- **br** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/box-vs-br)
- **Bt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/box-vs-bt)
- **BP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/box-vs-bp)
- **BW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/box-vs-bw)
- **BX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/box-vs-bx)
- **but** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/box-vs-but)
- **buy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/box-vs-buy)
- **boy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/box-vs-boy)
- **bus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/box-vs-bus)
- **bro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/box-vs-bro)
- **bye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/box-vs-bye)
- **bug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/box-vs-bug)
- **bud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/box-vs-bud)
- **BTW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/box-vs-btw)
- **bra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/box-vs-bra)
- **bum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/box-vs-bum)
- **bun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/box-vs-bun)
- **BTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/box-vs-btc)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/box