🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

상자

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sangja

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Box/bɒks/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그녀는 책을 상자에 넣었습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A container typically with a flat base and sides, often square or rectangular, used for storage or transport.

    "She placed the books in a cardboard box for the move."
As verb
  1. 1

    To enclose something in a box.

    "Please box the items carefully before shipping."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Old English word 'box', referring to the box tree, and its wood, which was used to make small containers. It has Germanic roots, ultimately tracing back to the Late Latin 'buxus' and Ancient Greek 'puxos'. Over centuries, the meaning shifted from the material of the container to the container itself.

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