boxlike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a box.

Similar
boxybox-shapedcubicthree-dimensional
OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English box →
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Meanings

adjectiveboxlike (comparative more boxlike, superlative most boxlike)

comparative more boxlike · superlative most boxlike · alternative box-like

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a box.

    The steel skin covering the framing is welded to it and to the underframe, forming a boxlike construction.

    1958 September 28, “Swindon's First Main-Line Diesel Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 601

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveresembling a box in rectangularity

Similar
boxybox-shapedcubicthree-dimensional
Also see
box-shapedboxycubicthree-dimensional

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos)
  2. Ancient Greekπυξίς (puxís)
  3. Late Latinbuxis
  4. Proto-West Germanic*buhsā
  5. Old Englishbox
  6. Middle Englishbox
  7. Englishbox
  8. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  9. Proto-Germanic*līką
  10. Englishboxlike

From box + -like.

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Translations

Hungarian dobozszerű
  • dobozszerűsimilar to a box
Cite this entry
APA

boxlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boxlike

MLA

“boxlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boxlike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boxlike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boxlike.

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