Box
Box noun - A covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things.
Usage example: filled a whole box with books
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Compartment and box are semantically related in enclosure topic. In some cases you can use "Compartment" instead a noun "Box", when it comes to topics like chamber.
Nearby Word: boxed
Compartment
Compartment noun - One of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided.
Usage example: a backpack with many handy compartments for storing your camping gear
Box and compartment are semantically related in chamber topic. Sometimes you can use "Box" instead a noun "Compartment".
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- It turns out she'd misplaced it inside a trick box with a secret compartment and only found out when someone else saw the box and explained the trick.
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After collecting all four silver tokens, a large compartment of the seance booth her soul is trapped in opens to reveal a small box.
- They had actually hid the bombs on her own ship, in the ship's smuggler's box (a small compartment shielded from all forms of detection).
Source: Where's the Kaboom?
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