boxy

[bok-see]

adjective

boxier, boxiest 

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

   a boxy little house.

boxy

/ ˈbɒksɪ /

adjective

1. squarish or chunky in style or appearance

   a boxy square-cut jacket

Other Word Forms

• boxiness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of boxy¹

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

Example Sentences

This season, there’s no confusion, with the president’s own photo-animated head — they get a lot of comic expression out of it — on the sort of boxy bodies they use to portray Canadians.

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As the boxy people carriers have dwindled in London, vehicles regulated for “private hire”—which include services like Uber that must be prebooked—have proliferated and now number more than 96,000.

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DoorDash has also been expanding other types of delivery, including a partnership with Coco Robotics in which boxy robots with wheels deliver food throughout Los Angeles and Chicago.

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The rooms are not technically built from shipping containers, but with their boxy shape, corrugated silver sides and narrow dimensions, they sure look like it.

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Once she figured out her signature boxy silhouette, she experimented from there.

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Related Words

• rectangular