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



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