boxy

B3O1X8Y4
/ˈbɒk.si/

adjective

Box-shaped, boxlike, or otherwise suggestive of boxes (with right angles or at least blunt profiles).

Similar
squared offboxlikebox-shapedcubicthree-dimensional
OriginEnglish box ← Middle English box ← Old English box →
UncommonScrabble 16
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Meanings

adjectiveboxy (comparative boxier, superlative boxiest)

comparative boxier · superlative boxiest

  1. Box-shaped, boxlike, or otherwise suggestive of boxes (with right angles or at least blunt profiles).

    Synonyms: squared off

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveBox-shaped, boxlike, or otherwise suggestive of boxes (with right angles or at least blunt profiles).

Similar
squared off

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveresembling a box in rectangularity

Similar
boxlikebox-shapedcubicthree-dimensional
Also see
boxlikebox-shapedcubicthree-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. Englishboxy

From box + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with boxy

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Cite this entry
APA

boxy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boxy

MLA

“boxy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boxy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boxy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boxy.

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