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# box **Type:** Etymological root **Language:** Old English **Slug:** box ## Words From This Root - box - A container with stiff, flat sides, usually used for holding or carrying things. - hotbox - an overheated axle bearing on a railway car; also an enclosed heated space - icebox - an insulated cabinet cooled by ice; an early or informal term for a refrigerator
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box
A1
/bɑks/
A container with stiff, flat sides, usually used for holding or carrying things.
hotbox
C2+
/ˈhɑtˌbɑks/
an overheated axle bearing on a railway car; also an enclosed heated space
icebox
C2+
/ˈaɪsˌbɑks/
an insulated cabinet cooled by ice; an early or informal term for a refrigerator
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