boxed — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Packed into a box or boxes.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   The books are boxed, ready for shipping.

2. In bridge and other card games if the cards in a pack are reversed face-up and face-down then the pack is said to be boxed.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

3. Of domesticated animals, discrete flocks or herds having become mixed, either accidentally or deliberately. (Aust. OED)

   Usage

   • not-comparable

Adjective

1. enclosed in or set off by a border or box

   Examples

   boxed sections of the report

   boxed announcements in the newspaper

2. enclosed in or as if in a box

   Synonyms

   boxed-inboxed in

   Examples

   boxed cigars

   a confining boxed-in space

   More examples (1)

   felt boxed in by the traffic