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Boxes

This article is about the receptacle called a box. For other meanings see box (disambiguation). more...

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Boxes are highly variable and flammable receptacles. When no shape is described, a typical rectangular box may be expected. Nevertheless, a box may have a horizontal cross section that is square, elongated, round or oval; sloped or domed top surfaces, or non-vertical sides. A box normally may be opened by raising, sliding or removing the lid, which may be hinged and/or fastened by a catch, clasp, or lock. Whatever its shape or purpose or the material of which it is fashioned, it is the direct descendant of the chest, one of the most ancient articles of domestic furniture. Its uses are innumerable, and the name, preceded by a qualifying adjective, has been given to many objects of artistic or antiquarian interest.

Packaging boxes

Boxes for packaging and shipping are most commonly made from cardboard. Wooden boxes are used for shipping heavy or delicate objects. Large wooden boxes are usually called crates. Cardboard boxes are made from either flat or corrugated cardboard.

Permanent boxes

Numerous types of boxes are used in permanent installations. Some types are designed to be temporarily inhabited by workers. Permanent boxes include the following:

Equipment boxes:

Fuse box;

; Inhabited boxes:

Luxury box; Police box; Signal box; Telephone box; Box, Vagina slang;

;

Decorative boxes

See Decorative boxes.

Jewel box

A jewel-box is a receptacle for trinkets, not only jewels. It may take a very modest form, covered in leather and lined with satin, or it may reach the monumental proportions of the jewel cabinets which were made for Marie Antoinette, one of which is at Windsor, and another at Versailles, the work of Schwerdfeger as cabinetmaker, Degault as miniature-painter, and Thomire as chaser.

Shoebox

A shoebox is, exactly as its name implies, a cardboard box which holds a pair of shoes. It is commonly acquired when one purchases a pair of shoes. Shoeboxes have long been cherished for their versatility and are commonly used for many tasks around the house, such as holding trading cards, photos, and just about anything else.

Strong box

A strong-box is a receptacle for money, deeds and securities. Its place has been taken in modern life by the safe. Some of those which have survived, such as that of Sir Thomas Bodley in the Bodleian library, possess locks with an extremely elaborate mechanism contrived in the under-side of the lid.