How to pronounce box
American English pronunciation
BOKS
- IPA
- /ˈbɑks/
- Syllables
- BOKS (1 syllable)
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What box means
Most people know box in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A low bush that stays green and is cut into hedges
In a sentence: The gardener clipped the box into neat round balls along the path.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Latin buxus, the name of this bush, possibly from a Greek word for it. The box you pack things in comes from a Greek word for a little box made of its wood.
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