Box and Cell

Box

Box noun - A covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things.

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Cell and box are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Cell" instead a noun "Box".

Nearby Word: boxed

Cell noun - One of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided.

Usage example: cells in a honeycomb

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Box and cell are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Box" instead a noun "Cell".

Nearby Words: cellular, cellphone, celled

old	old box	old cell
full	full box	full cell
nice	nice box	nice cell
special	special box	special cell
Other adjectives: complete, original, single, empty, small, actual, entire, real, large, little, tiny, black, private, new, titular, next, smaller, said, giant, locked.

Tony snags a box-shaped cell phone off the body of a high-level henchman early on in the game, and uses it to call various people throughout the rest of the story.

Source: Technology Marches On
Ruby Quest starts with the protagonist waking up in a box in a mysterious facility, where she shortly meets Tom, who is in a cell.

Source: You All Meet in a Cell
Literal Metaphor: Ethan promises that he will put Lane in a box, as if to imply that Lane will be either in a cell or a coffin when Ethan is finished.

Source: Film / Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation

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