boxy
[ bok-see ]
/ ˈbɒk si /
adjective, box·i·er, box·i·est.
like or resembling a box, especially in shape: a boxy little house.
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Example sentences from the Web for boxy
Boxy flannel and messy tears might as well have been a corset and a come-hither pout in The Perfect Storm.
Imagine—if EOB had been knocked down—a postwar milquetoast, boxy structure in its place.
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In the street, in the shadow of tall buildings, a boxy sedan was parked at the curb.
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British Dictionary definitions for boxy
boxy
/ (ˈbɒksɪ) /
adjective
squarish or chunky in style or appearancea boxy square-cut jacket
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