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
Nearby Word: boxed
Pinch
Pinch noun - An instance of theft.
Box and pinch are semantically related in predicament topic. Sometimes you can use "Box" instead a noun "Pinch".
How words are described
| small | small box | small pinch |
| massive | massive box | massive pinch |
| big | big box | big pinch |
| little | little box | little pinch |
| Other adjectives: tiny, last. | ||
Common collocations
| face | box face | pinch face |
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