Associations to the word «Boxed»
Noun
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
BOXED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of box
BOXED, adjective. Packed into a box or boxes.
BOXED, adjective. In bridge and other card games if the cards in a pack are reversed face-up and face-down then the pack is said to be boxed.
BOXED IN, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of box in
BOXED SET, noun. A collection of recordings sold together in a single package.
BOXED THE COMPASS, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of box the compass
Dictionary definition
BOXED, adjective. Enclosed in or set off by a border or box; "boxed sections of the report"; "boxed announcements in the newspaper".
BOXED, adjective. Enclosed in or as if in a box; "boxed cigars"; "a confining boxed-in space"; "felt boxed in by the traffic".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.