boxlike
81boxing — boxing1 /bok sing/, n. 1. the material used to make boxes or casings. 2. a boxlike enclosure; casing. 3. an act or instance of putting into or furnishing with a box. [1510 20; BOX1 + ING1] boxing2 /bok sing/, n. the act, technique, or profession… …
82box iron — a flatiron that is heated by inserting live coals or a piece of hot metal in its boxlike holder. [1735 45] * * * …
83box set — Theat. a boxlike stage set consisting of flats that form the back wall, side walls, and often the ceiling, painted to represent the interior of a room. Also called, esp. Brit., box scene. [1885 90] * * * ▪ theatre in Western theatre,… …
84breadbox — /bred boks /, n. an airtight, or nearly airtight, boxlike container, as of metal or plastic, for storing bread and other baked goods to keep them fresh. [BREAD + BOX] * * * …
85brougham — /brooh euhm, broohm, broh euhm/, n. 1. a four wheeled, boxlike, closed carriage for two or four persons, having the driver s perch outside. 2. Auto. a. (formerly) a limousine having an open driver s compartment. b. an early type of automobile… …
86bulkhead — bulkheaded, adj. /bulk hed /, n. 1. Naut. any of various wall like constructions inside a vessel, as for forming watertight compartments, subdividing space, or strengthening the structure. 2. Aeron. a transverse partition or reinforcing frame in… …
87cage — cageless, adj. cagelike, adj. /kayj/, n., v., caged, caging. n. 1. a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals. 2. anything that confines or imprisons; prison. 3. something resembling a cage… …
88caisson — caissoned, adj. /kay seuhn, son/, n. 1. a structure used in underwater work, consisting of an airtight chamber, open at the bottom and containing air under sufficient pressure to exclude the water. 2. a boatlike structure used as a gate for a… …
89Camden — /kam deuhn/, n. 1. a borough of Greater London, England. 192,800. 2. a port in SW New Jersey, on the Delaware River opposite Philadelphia. 84,910. 3. a city in SW Arkansas. 15,356. * * * ▪ Arkansas, United States city, seat (1843) of… …
90camera — /kam euhr euh, kam reuh/, n., pl. cameras for 1,2, camerae / euh ree/ for 3, adj. n. 1. a boxlike device for holding a film or plate sensitive to light, having an aperture controlled by a shutter that, when opened, admits light enabling an object …
