Words that rhyme with abox

n 1: a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts" 2: private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance; "the royal box was empty" [syn: box, loge] 3: the quantity contained in a box; "he gave her a box of chocolates" [syn: box, boxful] 4: a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible; "his lying got him into a tight corner" [syn: corner, box] 5: a rectangular drawing; "the flowchart contained many boxes" 6: evergreen shrubs or small trees [syn: box, boxwood] 7: any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned; "the umpire warned the batter to stay in the batter's box" 8: the driver's seat on a coach; "an armed guard sat in the box with the driver" [syn: box, box seat] 9: separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people; "the sentry stayed in his box to avoid the cold" 10: a blow with the hand (usually on the ear); "I gave him a good box on the ear" v 1: put into a box; "box the gift, please" [syn: box, package] [ant: unbox] 2: hit with the fist; "I'll box your ears!" 3: engage in a boxing match

n 1: either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin [syn: cyclooxygenase, Cox] 2: the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew [syn: coxswain, cox] v 1: act as the coxswain, in a boat race

n 1: a small ornamental box for carrying snuff in your pocket

n 1: a crate for packing soap 2: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it [syn: dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox]

n 1: a strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked [syn: strongbox, deedbox]

n 1: small or narrow cell 2: a device that causes tobacco leaves or fruit or hides to sweat

n 1: a dangerous state of affairs; a situation that is a potential source of violence; "the Balkans are the tinderbox of Europe" 2: a box for holding tinder

n 1: a box or chest or cabinet for holding hand tools [syn: toolbox, tool chest, tool cabinet, tool case]

adj 1: independent in behavior or thought; "she led a somewhat irregular private life"; "maverick politicians" [syn: irregular, maverick, unorthodox] 2: breaking with convention or tradition; "an unorthodox lifestyle" [ant: orthodox]

n 1: container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing) [syn: workbasket, workbox, workbag]

n 1: Scottish theologian who founded Presbyterianism in Scotland and wrote a history of the Reformation in Scotland (1514-1572) [syn: Knox, John Knox]

n 1: a container used to keep bread or cake in [syn: bread- bin, breadbox]

n 1: the hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified v 1: treat for alcohol or drug dependence; "He was detoxified in the clinic" [syn: detox, detoxify]

n 1: a copy made by a xerographic printer [syn: xerox, xerox copy] 2: a duplicator (trade mark Xerox) that copies graphic matter by the action of light on an electrically charged photoconductive insulating surface in which the latent image is developed with a resinous powder [syn: Xerox, xerographic copier, Xerox machine] v 1: reproduce by xerography [syn: photocopy, run off, xerox]

n 1: a box containing a collection of cubes or tubes of artists' paint

n 1: a structure resembling a shoebox (as a rectangular building or a cramped room or compartment) 2: an oblong rectangular (usually cardboard) box designed to hold a pair of shoes

n 1: a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin) [syn: soundbox, body]

n 1: type genus of the Volvocaceae; minute pale green flagellates occurring in tiny spherical colonies; minute flagella rotate the colony about an axis [syn: Volvox, genus Volvox]

n 1: a reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction [syn: oxidation- reduction, oxidoreduction, redox]