Boxing

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act or practice of fighting with the fists, with or without boxing-gloves; sparring.
  • noun. In mining, a method of securing shafts solely by slabs and wooden pegs.
  • noun. Nautical, a square piece of dry hard wood used in connecting the frame-timbers of a ship.
  • noun. One of the cases on each side of a window into which the inside shutters are folded.
  • noun. plural The sides of a window-frame where the weights hang.
  • noun. plural Among millers, coarse flour separated in the process of bolting.
  • noun. The process of fitting a piece of wood to receive a tenon.
  • noun. The giving of a box or present, as at Christmas. See boxing-day.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of inclosing (anything) in a box, as for storage or transportation.
  • noun. Material used in making boxes or casings.
  • noun. Any boxlike inclosure or recess; a casing.
  • noun. The external case of thin material used to bring any member to a required form.
  • noun. The act of fighting with the fist; a combat with the fist; sparring; pugilism.
  • noun. a large padded mitten or glove used in sparring for exercise or amusement.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of box.
  • noun. A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists, the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.
  • noun. Material used for making boxes or casing.
  • noun. Casing.
  • noun. Automatical conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a heap-allocated reference type.
  • verb. Present participle of box.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. fighting with the fists
  • noun. the enclosure of something in a package or box
  • Word Usage
    "BOX NYC will be holding a "massive social boxing event" tomorrow night which apparently entails poker, models, and, you guessed it smart guys, boxing**, all broadcast on ESPN2 (so let's just get this out there now-only the camera ready should read on)."
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