Boxed

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Box \Box\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boxed} (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Boxing}.]
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     1. To inclose in a box.
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     2. To furnish with boxes, as a wheel.
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     3. (Arch.) To inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to
        bring to a required form.
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     {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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  boxed
       adj 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" [syn: {boxed-in(a)},
           {boxed in(p)}]