packed in a box

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• packed lunch — noun (C) BrE a cold meal of sandwiches, fruit etc packed in a box …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Box-pressed — (or Square pressed ) cigars are usually packed in two layers in a wide flat cigar box that has an attached flip or hinged lid, and is usually made of paper covered wood or cardboard (as opposed to a plain wood cabinet). The sides of box pressed… …   Wikipedia

• packed lunch — noun A lunch of sandwiches and other cold items prepared in advance and carried in a container • • • Main Entry: ↑pack * * * ˌpacked ˈlunch [packed lunch] noun (BrE) …   Useful english dictionary

• packed lunch — packed lunches N COUNT A packed lunch is food, for example sandwiches, which you take to work, to school, or on a trip and eat as your lunch. [BRIT] (in AM, use box lunch) …   English dictionary

• box lunch — box lunches N COUNT A box lunch is food, for example sandwiches, which you take to work, to school, or on a trip and eat as your lunch. [AM] (in BRIT, use packed lunch) …   English dictionary

• box lunch — box′ lunch′ n. cvb a lunch packed in a cardboard box • Etymology: 1945–50 …   From formal English to slang

• packed lunch — ► NOUN ▪ a cold lunch carried in a bag or box to work or school or on an excursion …   English terms dictionary

• box lunch — n AmE a ↑lunch (=a meal eaten in the middle of the day) that you take to school or work with you in a ↑lunchbox British Equivalent: packed lunch …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• box lunch — a lunch or light meal packed in a cardboard box or similar container: Each student was given a box lunch to eat on the bus. [1945 50] * * * box lunch UK US noun [countable] [singular box lunch plural box lunches] american a cold meal, such as… …   Useful english dictionary

• Packed — Pack Pack (p[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Packed} (p[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Packing}.] [Akin to D. pakken, G. packen, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakka. See {Pack}, n.] 1. To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• box — noun 1 container ADJECTIVE ▪ rectangular, square ▪ upturned (esp. BrE) ▪ They were sitting around the fire on upturned boxes. ▪ empty ▪ …   Collocations dictionary