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1 box
I 1. [boks] noun1) (a case for holding something: a wooden box; a matchbox.) kassi, askja2) (in a theatre etc, a group of seats separated from the rest of the audience.) stúka2. verb(to put (something) into boxes: Will you box these apples?) setja í kassa- box number
- box office II 1. [boks] verb(to fight (someone) with the fists: Years ago, fighters used to box without wearing padded gloves.) boxa; leika hnefaleik2. noun(a blow on the ear with the hand.) löðrungur á eyra- boxer- boxing
- boxing-glove
- boxing-match -
2 box office
(a ticket office in a theatre, concert - hall etc: There's a queue at the box office for tonight's show.) aðgöngumiðasala -
3 box number
(a number used eg in a newspaper advertisement instead of a full address.) auglÿsinganúmer -
4 black box
(a built-in machine for automatic recording of the details of a plane's flight: They found the black box two miles away from the wreckage of the crashed plane.) flugriti, svartur kassi -
5 call-box
noun (a public telephone box.) símaklefi -
6 jack-in-the-box
['‹ækinðəboks](a toy consisting of a figure, fixed to a spring inside a box, which comes out suddenly when the lid is opened.) kassatrúður -
7 money-box
noun (a box for saving money in.) peningabaukur -
8 paint-box
noun (a (small) box containing different paints for making pictures.) litakassi -
9 phone box
noun (= telephone box.) -
10 telephone box
( also call-box) (a small room or compartment containing a telephone for public use.) símaklefi -
11 window-box
noun (a box on a window-ledge, in which plants may be grown.) blómakassi -
12 work-box
(etc nouns a basket, box etc for holding thread, needlework etc.) saumakarfa/-kassi -
13 horse-box
noun (an enclosed vehicle etc used for carrying horses.) hestflutningavagn -
14 ice box
((American) a refrigerator.) ísskápur -
15 juke-box
['‹u:kboks](a machine that plays selected records automatically when coins are put into it.) djúkbox, glymskratti -
16 sentry-box
noun (a small shelter for a sentry.) varðmannaskÿli -
17 witness-box / witness-stand
noun (the stand from which a witness gives evidence in a court of law.) vitnastúka -
18 letterbox
1) (a slit in a door (sometimes with a box behind it) through which mail from the post is put: He put the card through the letterbox.) bréfalúga2) (a postbox.) póstkassi/-box -
19 lid
[lid]1) (a cover for a pot, box etc: He lifted the lid of the box and looked inside.) lok2) (an eyelid: The infection has not affected the eye itself although the lid is swollen.) augnlok -
20 postbox
['pəusboks]noun (also letterbox, mailbox, pillar box) a box into which letters etc are put to be collected (and sent to their destination). póstkassi
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