1
[ adjective ] enclosed in or set off by a border or box

Examples

"boxed sections of the report" "boxed announcements in the newspaper"

Used in print

(David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)

There are boxed proclamations in the newspaper of watchings , pinnings , ringings , engagements , and marriages in a scrupulously graded hierarchy of felicity .

Related terms

bordered

2
[ adjective ] enclosed in or as if in a box

Synonyms

boxed_in boxed-in

Examples

"boxed cigars" "a confining boxed-in space" "felt boxed in by the traffic"

Related terms

enclosed

3
[ adjective ] enclosed in or as if in a box

Synonyms

boxed_in boxed-in

Examples

"boxed cigars" "a confining boxed-in space" "felt boxed in by the traffic"

Related terms

enclosed

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Rhymes with

angst axed waxed context untaxed text relaxed vexed next sexed fixed mixed hypertext affixed transfixed perplexed unmixed pretext

Phonetic and Homophones

B AA1 K S T

Similar Spelling

booked boughed

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