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Meanings of boxwood in English

Catalan
fusta de boix

Very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks.

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        fusta de boix
        Portuguese
        buxo

        Evergreen shrubs or small trees.

              buxo
              Synonyms
              Examples for "box"
              Examples for "box"
              1
              It may achieve greater box-office success in Europe and certain Asian markets.
              Reuters
              2
              Of course, any movie box office list is subject to serious interpretation.
              Reuters
              3
              The domestic box office continues to fall well behind 2018's record year.
              Reuters
              4
              Waiting your turn outside a public telephone box requires a particular patience.
              The Irish Times
              5
              To 'tick-box' the minorities is not to create a true diverse workplace.
              The Irish Times
              Usage of boxwood in English
              1
              Close by rose a pile of beechwood clogs, tops and boxwood flutes.
              The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
              2
              The private gardens were lush and thick with myrtle, cypress, and boxwood.
              Cleopatra's Moon
              3
              Bent almost double, he advanced from the boxwood toward the Turk's-cap.
              Alas, Babylon
              4
              The long sweeps splintered like boxwood as the galley lurched and shuddered alongside.
              Relentless Pursuit
              5
              A chest-high boxwood hedge ran across the front, except for the driveway opening.
              Think of a number
              6
              On the right, among big boxwood trees, a semicircular stone bench.
              Cyrano de Bergerac
              7
              Twenty-four of these to be turned up in the best-seasoned boxwood!
              The Red Thumb Mark
              8
              He reached Florence's lawn and for a moment hid behind a clump of boxwood.
              Alas, Babylon
              9
              Sam kept pace with her on his side of the carefully trimmed boxwood barrier.
              Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
              10
              At last she wandered toward a great clump of boxwood near a side gate.
              Honey-Sweet
              11
              Even the privet had been pulled up, replaced with boxwood.
              Hunter's moon: a novel
              12
              Furiously, too, with her shuttle of boxwood she smote Arachne.
              A Book of Myths
              13
              I don't perceive the aroma of boxwood or the sun's warmth against my nose.
              Amberville
              14
              Charlie preferred letting the boxwood and yew in front of the cemetery grow wild.
              The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud
              15
              Every thick place in the boxwood hedge that surrounded the seminary was a possible post-office.
              The Story of a Bad Boy
              16
              She approached beside the boxwood hedge, holding a parasol and dressed in a straw-colored gown.
              The Red Lily — Volume 02
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              Translations for boxwood
              Portuguese
              buxo
              Boxwood through the time
              Boxwood across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common