English Explanatory Dictionary

boxen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Made of boxwood.
  2. Resembling box (the wood).
noun
  1. plural of box (“computer”)

Word forms

boxen more boxen most boxen

Etymology

From Middle English boxen, replacing earlier bixen, from Old English byxen (“made of boxwood”), equivalent to box + -en.

Related words

VAXen
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