A small area in a theatreauditorium where a limited number of people can sit to watch the performance away from the rest of the seats. See Box (theatre).
A slang term for computer or other electronic 'box' serving some sort of general purpose, see. It is sometimes pluralized as boxen, akin to VAXen. This usage is very common amongst geeks.
Slang for female genitalia (e.g., her box). This is typically used in a sexual context.
An item of kit shaped like a half-shell and worn down the front of a player's (particularly a batsman's) trousers to protect his or her genitalia. See Cricket terminology
The realm of traditional methods (especially in business). "Think outside the box" is a phrase often used to encourage new ideas.
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Nevertheless, a box may have a horizontal cross-section that is square, elongated, round or oval; sloped or domed top surfaces, or non-vertical sides.
A box normally may be opened by raising, sliding or removing the lid, which may be hinged and/or fastened by a catch, clasp, or lock.
Costly gold boxes were often enriched with enamels or set with diamonds or other precious stones, and sometimes the lid was adorned with a portrait, a classical vignette, or a tiny portrait miniature, often some choice work by an old master.
A box may be square, oblong, round oroval, or of an even less normal shape ; it isusually opened by raising, sliding or removing the lid, which may be fastened by a catch, hasp or lock.
Of the boxes which possess some attraction beyond their immediate purpose the feminine work-box is the commonest.
In the 18th century no lady was without her work-box, and,especially in the second half of that period, much taste and elaborate pains were expended upon the case, which was oftenexceedingly dainty and elegant.
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