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Meanings of boxlike in English

Resembling a box in rectangularity.

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Usage of boxlike in English
1
They were more boxlike, with harder right angles, and copper in color.
Antiphon
2
The boxlike stone crab traps were made of slatted wood and wire.
Shadow men
3
I held on as Julie slalomed our boxlike van around another bend.
Monster Hunter International
4
Above the top were the control panels, boxlike protrusions painted an institutional yellow.
Hackers, Heroes of the Computer Revolution. Chapters 1 and 2
5
In front, on another iron seat by the boxlike engine, the driver works.
The Best British Short Stories of 1922
6
The stoop called them when they left the boxlike dining room.
Who Cares? A Story of Adolescence
7
A boxlike fixture in the ceiling revolved overhead, throwing out pins of light.
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
8
Gaborn led the way, climbing over stalagmites and boxlike fungi, wading through tickle fern.
The Lair of Bones
9
Spaced at regular intervals on deck were boxlike objects fronting what resembled gun ports.
Key Out of Time
10
They both started packing the rigid boxlike backframes that tapered outward toward the top.
The Valley of Horses
11
The Adamo comes with some clear plastic boxlike packaging.
Wired
12
The robot rolled forward into a small, boxlike chamber.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
13
He saw the aliens grouped around the square, boxlike buildings, watching and waiting for trouble.
Despoilers of the Golden Empire
14
It resided in a not-very-big boxlike coffin that had only minimal hieroglyphic decorations upon it.
Changeless
15
He took off his things and appeared in a black frock coat of square, boxlike cut.
Là-bas
16
The queer boxlike case had a revolving handle on its side, which clanked and creaked constantly.
American Indian Stories
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