Box

/bɒks/ noun

A container with flat sides and a lid, usually square or rectangular, used for holding or storing things.

From Old English “box” for a small container, from Latin “buxus,” meaning “box tree,” whose wood was used to make small boxes. The tree’s name became the container’s name.

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