Glossary

The term box may refer to the following:

• an area or space enclosed within straight lines
• a typically cuboid or rectangular container or receptacle with flat base and sides and possibly a lid or cover
• a closed-off or separated area in a public space reserved or restricted for a smaller number of people (e.g. skybox, jury box)
• several species of plants in the Buxus, Sarcococca and Eucalyptus genera
• a type of mathematical operator
• a type of juggling pattern or trick requiring at least 3 objects or props
• Box (also cup, abdomen guard, abdo guard), a type of protective equipment used in cricket to protect the wearer's genital area against impacts
• Boombox (also ghetto blaster, jambox, boomblaster, Brixton briefcase, radio-casette), a type of portable cassette or CD player with two or more speakers and a carrying handle
• Coach box (also box, box seat), a small elevated seat in the front portion of a coach
• Phreaking box, a type of electronic device used to perform various functions on telephone systems
• Singing bird box (French: boîte à oiseau chanteur), a work of art consisting of an ornamented container that holds a miniaturized automaton in the shape of a bird that plays sounds, usually birdsong
• Torsion box, a type of beam constructed of two skins applied to a core material, usually a grid of beams
• Box (also hot box, sweatbox), a method of solitary confinement used in humid and arid areas as a form of punishment or torture
• Combat box (also staggered formation), a tactical formation used by bombers in World War II
• Box Inc., an American company that runs a freemium online file sharing and personal cloud content managent service
• the names of two villages in Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, respectively, in the UK
• Box Hill, the names of two places in Surrey and Wiltshire, respectively, in the UK
• Box Tunnel, a railway tunnel between Bath and Chippenham in the UK
• Boxes (French: Les Boites), a 2007 French film starring Jane Birkin, Geraldine Chaplin and Michel Piccoli
• Box #10, a song by American singer-songwriter Jim Croce's 1972 album, You Don't Mess Around with Jim
• Boxes, a 1985 album by Australian rock band, Icehouse
• Box, a 1990 album by Belgian industrial music band Klinik
• Box, a 1993 compilation album by American industrial metal band, Ministry, released in Germany
• Box, a 1995 album by Belgian electronic dance music group, Dive
• Box, a 1995 album by American indie rock band, Guided by Voices
• Box, a 1996 album by Irish folk singer-songwriter, Christie Hennessy
• Box, a 2006 album by American indie rock band, Mellowdrone
• Gold Box, a name for a series of video games (and game engine) produced by SSI, based on the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game
• Dots and boxes (also boxes, squares, paddocks, pigs in a pen, square-it, dots and dashes, line game, smart dots, dot boxing, dot game), a pencil and paper game for two or more players

Alternative Spellings (Synonyms): Boxen, Boxes