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boxy

[bok-see]

adjective

boxier, boxiest 
  1. like or resembling a box, especially in shape.

    a boxy little house.



boxy

/ ˈɒɪ /

adjective

  1. squarish or chunky in style or appearance

    a boxy square-cut jacket

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • boxiness noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of boxy1

First recorded in 1860–65; box 1 + -y 1
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The original Renault 5, launched in 1972, was a quirky little everyman car with boxy looks and low running costs that became a cult classic.

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The parody ad imagines couture for 30-something women as roomy, boxy, drab and sexless.

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I was among the hundreds of people who released their glowing boxy “lanterns” inside the OC Fair’s Hangar after a set by Japanese singer Minmi.

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Filmed in a boxy aspect ratio that visually imprisons her in her circumstances, the movie uses tracking shots as hints into its character’s mindset.

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Over the past eighteen months or so he grew out his hair; he replaced his hoodies with boxy tees; he got really into M.M.A. and wakeboarding.

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