Box
Box noun - A difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape.
Usage example: with our new home still unfinished, and the buyers of our condo eager to move in, we were in a real box
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Synonyms for Box
Jam is a synonym for box in state topic. In some cases you can use "Jam" instead a noun "Box", when it comes to topics like predicament, easy.
Nearby Word: boxed
Jam
Jam noun - A difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape.
Usage example: the heavy rain puts us in a real jam: all of the preparations are for a garden wedding
Box is a synonym for jam in state topic. Sometimes you can use "Box" instead a noun "Jam", if it concerns topics such as predicament, easy, troublesome situation.
Nearby Word: jamming
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old box | old jam |
| full | full box | full jam |
| special | special box | special jam |
| long | long box | long jam |
| Other adjectives: current, original, green, single, simple, actual, real, massive, big, huge, little, last, red, electronic. | ||
Common collocations
| face | box face | jam face |
Both words in one sentence
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A electronic box that produces enough artificial emotional output to jam a Chakat's empathic abilities.
Source: Psychic Static -
The Dev Team Thinks of Everything, however, and the item box contains a single Flower instead of the Cricket Jam you'd normally get, and a Broken Bridge prevents you from going anywhere in Land's End (and an enemy even has special dialogue if you try this).
Source: Video Game / Super Mario RPG - Finally averted in The Black Box, where not only does Bosch finally encounter an honorable Internal Affairs cop, said IA cop winds up bailing Bosch out of a jam.
Source: Literature / Harry Bosch
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