Box and Matter

Box

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

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

Nearby Word: boxed

Matter noun - A major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition).

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Box and matter are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Box" instead a noun "Matter".

Nearby Words: mattered, mattery, mattering

particular	particular box	particular matter
similar	similar box	similar matter
normal	normal box	normal matter
ordinary	ordinary box	ordinary matter
Other adjectives: current, simple, heavy, small, actual, entire, real, blue, little, black, private, new, yellow, strange, different.

There is also the matter of the box — Scott has decided that come Halloween, the box will be left as it is, with no means of finding out what lies inside.

Source: Videogame / Five Nights at Freddy's 4
Farnsworth: No matter what happens, no matter how great your curiosity, you are forbidden to look inside this box. Forbidden!

Source: Forbidden Fruit
Then there's the infamous cardboard box trick, wherein Snake hides in an upturned cardboard box which no guards think to check unless they actually see it moving, no matter where it is?

Source: Conspicuously Selective Perception

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