Box and Sleeve

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

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

Nearby Word: boxed

Sleeve noun - The part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm.

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Box and sleeve are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Box" with "Sleeve", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Words: sleeveless, sleeved, sleeving

In a similar fashion the retail edition of Civilization IV (thanks to the enforced use of DVD boxes) came attached to it's cunningly DVD-box-sized manual by a rather nice cardboard sleeve.

Source: Feelies
In episode 17, when Phoenix explains how Mimi Miney posed as Maya to frame her, he reasons that when she put Maya in the clothing box, Dr Grey shot at her, creating the bullet hole in the sleeve of the costume Mimi wore.

Source: Anime / Ace Attorney
Shout-Out: "Pandora's Box" is about the actress Louise Brooks; "Joan of Arc" and "Maid of Orleans" are titular shout-outs to Joan of Arc (and both singles have sleeve art to match, the former even using her actual signature), though they don't seem to be about her, as such.

Source: Music / Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

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