–noun

1.	an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.

2.	the tones or sounds employed, occurring in single line (melody) or multiple lines (harmony), and sounded or to be sounded by one or more voices or instruments, or both.

3.	musical work or compositions for singing or playing.

4.	the written or printed score of a musical composition.

5.	such scores collectively.

6.	any sweet, pleasing, or harmonious sounds or sound: the music of the waves.

7.	appreciation of or responsiveness to musical so 2ec unds or harmonies: Music was in his very soul.

8.	Fox Hunting. the cry of the hounds.

—Idiom

9.	face the music, to meet, take, or accept the consequences of one's mistakes, actions, etc.: He's squandered his money and now he's got to face the music.

–noun

1.	a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover 875 .

2.	the quantity contained in a box: She bought a box of candy as a gift.

3.	Chiefly British. a gift or present: a Christmas box.

4.	post-office box.

5.	a compartment or section in a public place, shut or railed off for the accommodation of a small number of people, esp. in a theater, opera house, sports stadium, etc.

6.	a small enclosure or area in a courtroom, for witnesses or the jury.

7.	a small shelter: a sentry's box.

8.	British. a. a small house, cabin, or cottage, as for use while hunting: a shooting box. b. a telephone booth. c. a wardrobe trunk.

9.	box stall.

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10.	the driver's seat on a coach.

11.	the section of a wagon in which passengers or parcels are carried.

12.	Automotive. the section of a truck in which cargo is carried.

13.	the box, Informal. television: Are there any good shows on the box tonight?

14.	part of a page of a newspaper or periodical set off in some manner, as by lines, a border, or white space.

15.	any enclosing, protective case or housing, sometimes including its contents: a gear box; a fire-alarm box.

16.	Baseball. a. either of two marked spaces, one on each side of the plate, in which the batter stands. b. either of two marked spaces, one outside of first base and the other outside of third, where the coaches stand. c. the pitcher's mound. d. the marked space where the catcher stands.

17.	a difficult situation; predicament.

18.	Agriculture. a bowl or pit cut in the side of a tree for collecting sap.

19.	Jazz Slang. a. a stringed instrument, as a guitar. b. a piano.

20.	Informal. a. a phonograph. b. a boom box. c. a computer.

21.	Slang. a coffin.

22.	Slang: Vulgar. a. the vulva or vagina. b. basket (def. 9).

–verb (used with object)

23.	to put into a box: She boxed the glassware before the movers came.

24.	to enclose or confine as in a box (often fol. by in or up).

25.	to furnish with a box.

26.	to form into a box or th 235 e shape of a box.

27.	to block so as to keep from passing or achieving better position (often fol. by in): The Ferrari was boxed in by two other cars on the tenth lap.

28.	to group together for consideration as one unit: to box bills in the legislature.

29.	Building Trades. to enclose or conceal (a building or structure) as with boarding.

30.	Agriculture. to make a hole or cut in (a tree) for sap to collect.

31.	to mix (paint, varnish, or the like) by pouring from one container to another and back again.

32.	Australian. a. to mix groups of sheep that should be kept separated. b. to confuse someone or something.

—Verb phrase

33.	box out, Basketball. to position oneself between an opposing player and the basket to hinder the opposing player from 5b4 rebounding or tipping in a shot; block out.

—Idiom

34.	out of the box, Australian Slang. remarkable or exceptional; extraordinary.