BOXED
Dictionary entry overview: What does boxed mean? • BOXED (adjective)
The adjective BOXED has 2 senses:
1. enclosed in or set off by a border or box
2. enclosed in or as if in a box
Familiarity information: BOXED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BOXED (adjective)
Meaning:
Enclosed in or set off by a border or box
Context examples:
boxed sections of the report / boxed announcements in the newspaper
Similar:
bordered (having a border especially of a specified kind; sometimes used as a combining term)
Meaning:
Enclosed in or as if in a box
Synonyms:
boxed in; boxed-in; boxed
Context examples:
boxed cigars / a confining boxed-in space / felt boxed in by the traffic
Similar:
enclosed (closed in or surrounded or included within)
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