Box
Box noun - A covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things.
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Synonyms for Box
Nearby Word: boxed
Number
Number noun - A character used to represent a mathematical value.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| musical | musical box | musical number |
| similar | similar box | similar number |
| specific | specific box | specific number |
| certain | certain box | certain number |
| Other adjectives: current, original, single, small, actual, real, massive, large, big, enormous, huge, wrong, little, new, final, next, smaller, last, different. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Since he specifically asked for the number, though, the post office figured it safe to give him the box.
Source: Number of the Beast -
She explains in the novel Planeswalker that "Xantcha" in Phyrexian is the number of the box she was assigned to sleep in.
Source: You Are Number 6 -
The fertiliser isn't in any specific box—after clicking on a specific number of boxes, the player finally finds it and never has to look inside another box again.
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Number and Box. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/box/number
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Number or Box. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/box/number.
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