boxing
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈbɑksɪŋ/
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embalaje
- My houseman was the Australian light heavyweight boxing champion.
Examples
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And so P141, the two of them, with Mattie helping sporadically, had spent several long nights boxing, packing, wrapping, and ticking off names and addresses from a list.
Fiction book (1998) -
After the move, they spent the weekend boxing their belongings for the storage unit.
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It's not just a putting things into boxes for the sake of doing that.
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How are you fixed for boxing gloves?
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Yes, this illustration is from the boxing, not the wrestling, portion of the book.
Blog text (4) -
She spent hours boxing up the holiday decorations to keep them safe until next year.
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The company specializes in boxing supplies, offering various sizes of boxes for shipping.
Synonyms
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1.1
Putting items into boxes to protect them during shipping or moving
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2.9
The work of preparing and wrapping goods so they can be moved or sold
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6.8
A cover that surrounds and protects something
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6.8
Putting something inside a small container to protect or hold it
Packing products before they are sold or sent to shops
Putting something inside or around another thing to protect it
Compounds
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2.4
A padded leather glove boxers wear to protect their hand and the opponent from serious injury
- UK
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3.0
A public holiday on the first weekday after Christmas celebrated in the UK and some other countries
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Morphology
Etymology
Boxing comes from the noun box, a 'container' or 'package', and originally meant the action of putting things into boxes. That is why boxing today means packing items into boxes for shipping.