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