box
A box is an open or closed container for the transport and storage of objects . It consists of metal , plastic or wood . The common feature of all boxes is that they can be stacked with the same footprint.
The word “box” is a very old loan word . It was probably already borrowed from the Latin cista (to Greek κ zuστη kístē "box") in Germanic times . It was influenced by the synonymous Germanic * cest (to box ; cf. English chest ), which is also clear in the outdated stabbing phraseologism "boxes and boxes".
In Austria , in contrast to many areas in Germany, a beer crate , a sandpit or a tool box is used and not a box. A box there often denotes the Federal High German cabinet .
In other languages
Slovak and Czech dialectal ( Moravian ) kisňa ('box', at least in Czech also translated 'football goal ', 'television') has its origin in the German box .
Compounds (examples)
- Bed box
- Beer crate
- Banana box
- Family box
- Fish crate
- Vegetable box
- Drinks crate
- Folding box
- Climate box
- Grocery box
- Fruit crate
- Play box
- Post box
- Transport box
- Cigar box
- Wine box
- tool box
- Weapon box
- Howling box
Idioms
- " Jump into the box " - go to bed or even for sexual intercourse , die → coffin
- " Have one in the box " - be heavily drunk
- " Make a box " - to score a goal in football
- “ Have a box ” - have a big butt
- “ Being a box ” - having a muscular build
- " Drive a box " - drive a car of any type and age
- " This game is a tight box " - a close game of any sport