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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb box in has 1 sense

• box in(v = verb.stative) box up - enclose or confine as if in a box; Array
is one way to confine, enclose, hold in
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

THESAURUS

box in

abate, adjust to, alter, assuage, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bottle up, bound, box, box up, cabin, cage, casket, chamber, circumscribe, cloister, close in, closet, coffin, compass, condition, confine, contain, coop, coop in, coop up, cordon, cordon off, corral, cramp, crib, diminish, encase, encircle, enclose, encompass, enshrine, entomb, fence in, hedge, hedge about, hedge in, hem, hem in, house in, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, include, jail, keep from spreading, keep within bounds, kennel, leaguer, leaven, limit, localize, mew, mew up, mitigate, moderate, modify, modulate, narrow, palliate, pen, pen in, pocket, qualify, quarantine, rail in, reduce, regulate by, restrain, restrict, season, set conditions, set limits, shrine, shut in, shut up, soften, stable, stint, straiten, surround, temper, tighten, wall in, wrap, yard, yard up

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