Box
Box noun - A covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things.
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Synonyms for Box
Nearby Word: boxed
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Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes sometimes attempts to run away by sitting in a box by the mailbox with a vague address written on it (for example, "To Australia").
Source: Human Mail -
Human Mail: Calvin sometimes attempts to run away by sitting in a box by the mailbox with a vague address written on it (for example, "To OS TRYLA").
Source: Comic Strip / Calvin and Hobbes -
The purpose of the mailbox flag is to alert the postal carrier that there is outgoing mail in the box to be picked up.
Source: The Coconut Effect
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