| Boxes are highly variable receptacles.
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| | holding trading cards, photos, and just
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| When no shape is described, a typical
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| | about anything else.
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| rectangular box may be expected.
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| | It can also be used as an adjective to
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| Nevertheless, a box may have a horizontal
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| | describe being unfairly treated. An
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| cross section that is square, elongated,
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| | example would be "Don't you shoebox me!"
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| round or oval; sloped or domed top
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| | It is also used to describe someone with
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| surfaces, or non-vertical sides. A box
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| | a closed minded way of thinking who
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| normally may be opened by raising,
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| | prefers to generalize others unfavorably.
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| sliding or removing the lid, which may be
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| | Strong box
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| hinged and/or fastened by a catch, clasp,
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| | A strong-box is a receptacle for money,
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| or lock. Whatever its shape or purpose or
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| | deeds and securities. Its place has been
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| the material of which it is fashioned, it
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| | taken in modern life by the safe. Some of
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| is the direct descendant of the chest,
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| | those which have survived, such as that
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| one of the most ancient articles of
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| | of Sir Thomas Bodley in the Bodleian
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| domestic furniture. Its uses are
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| | library, possess locks with an extremely
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| innumerable, and the name, preceded by a
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| | elaborate mechanism contrived in the
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| qualifying adjective, has been given to
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| | under-side of the lid.
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| many objects of artistic or antiquarian
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| | Knife box
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| interest.
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| | The knife-box is one of the most charming
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| Packaging boxes
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| | of the minor pieces of furniture which we
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| Boxes for packaging and shipping are most
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| | owe to the artistic taste and mechanical
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| commonly made from cardboard. Wooden
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| | ingenuity of the English cabinet-makers
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| boxes are used for shipping heavy or
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| | of the last quarter of the 18th century.
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| delicate objects. Large wooden boxes are
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| | Some of the most elegant were the works
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| usually called crates. Cardboard boxes
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| | of Adam, Hepplewhite and Sheraton.
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| are made from either flat or corrugated
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| | Occasionally flat-topped boxes, they were
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| cardboard.
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| | most frequently either rod-shaped, or
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| Permanent boxes
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| | tall and narrow with a sloping tip
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| Numerous types of boxes are used in
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| | necessitated by a series of raised veins
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| permanent installations. Some types are
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| | for exhibiting the handles of knives and
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| designed to be temporarily inhabited by
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| | the bowls of spoons. Mahogany and
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| workers. Permanent boxes include the
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| | satinwood were the woods most frequently
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| following:
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| | employed, and they were occasionally
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| Equipment boxes:
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| | inlaid with marqueterie or edged with
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| Fuse box
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| | boxwood. These graceful receptacles still
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| Inhabited boxes:
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| | exist in large numbers; they are often
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| Luxury box
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| | converted into stationery cabinets.
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| Police box
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| | Bible box
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| Signal box
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| | The Bible box, usually of the 17th
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| Telephone box
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| | century, but now and again more ancient,
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| Jewel box
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| | probably obtained its name from the fact
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| A jewel-box is a receptacle for trinkets,
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| | that it was of a size to hold a large
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| not only jewels. It may take a very
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| | Bible. It often has a carved or incised
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| modest form, covered in leather and lined
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| | lid. In Colonial America the Bible box
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| with satin, or it may reach the
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| | was built of wood, specifically as a
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| monumental proportions of the jewel
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| | container for a bible, but it often had
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| cabinets which were made for Marie
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| | dual use as a portable desk.
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| Antoinette, one of which is at Windsor,
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| | Famous boxes
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| and another at Versailles, the work of
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| | According to Greek mythology the
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| Schwerdfeger as cabinetmaker, Degault as
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| | Pandora's box is said to be the cause of
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| miniature-painter, and Thomire as chaser.
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| | evil being released into the world.
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| Shoebox
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| | One form of camoflague in the popular
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| A shoebox is, exactly as its name
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| | Metal Gear Solid video game series is a
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| implies, a cardboard box which holds a
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| | cardboard box. It is often referred to by
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| pair of shoes. It is commonly acquired
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| | fans as 'The Box'.
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| when one purchases a pair of shoes.
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| | Box shape
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| Shoeboxes have long been cherished for
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| | A common storage box has the shape of a
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| their versatility and are commonly used
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| | cuboid
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| for many tasks around the house, such as
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