box
container (usually cuboidal) with at least one roughly rectangular cross-section
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Summary
box ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,308 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Made from material: lumber[2], cardboard[3]
- Subclass of: container[4], artificial physical object[5]
- Commons category: Boxes[6]
- Topic's main category: Category:Boxes[7]
- Commons gallery: Box[8]
- Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[11], Diccionario del español de México[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13]
- Shape: rectangular cuboid[14]
- Different from: box[15]
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Influence
Things named for box include haybox[16].
Why It Matters
box has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] box is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]
Entities named for box include haybox[16].