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boxy

American  
[bok-see] / ˈbɒk si /

adjective

boxier, boxiest
  1. like or resembling a box, especially in shape.

    a boxy little house.


boxy British  
/ ˈbɒksɪ /

adjective

  1. squarish or chunky in style or appearance

    a boxy square-cut jacket

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of boxy

First recorded in 1860–65; box 1 + -y 1


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It started with the Renault 5 E-Tech, which visually echoed the distinctive boxy styling of the original Renault 5, once an ever-present sight on French streets.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

The bar in Zhongguancun, often called China's Silicon Valley, has two boxy Nvidia workstations to self-host DeepSeek V4 Flash -- meaning Song doesn't need to pay the Chinese startup to use its model.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

This single-cab electric pickup—as bare-boned as a Willys Jeep, as boxy as a 4-year-old’s drawing—is expected to go on sale late this year or early 2027, with a starting price under $30,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

They watched with alarm as a developer known for building boxy duplexes in South Los Angeles started buying lots on their block in west Altadena.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

It was a red-brick Georgian Colonial, boxy but handsome in a quiet kind of way, two and a half stories high with dormered windows and a chimney on each end.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

It has a different, boxier design with a plastic back, though the specs are similar — there’s still a Snapdragon 888 processor and a 108-megapixel camera.

From The Verge ● Sep. 15, 2021

He wears black mad scientist glasses, a beige cap and blue Chuck Taylors, and manages to look boxier and younger than he is in real life.

From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2019

The boxier screen of the time made TV a medium of close-ups and two-shots, more congenial to conversation and argument than spectacle and action.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2016

Instead, it’s a slightly thicker, boxier replacement for the slender strip of aluminum Apple’s been shipping with existing Apple TV models for years.

From Time ● Sep. 9, 2015

The city's aging taxi fleet is scheduled to be replaced by a boxier model designed to be easier for older riders and people with disabilities to open the doors and slide in and out.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 11, 2011

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