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boxes

n. countable
A1 Beginner US //ˈbɑksəz// UK //bˈɒksɪz// box·es
SIMPLE

We need more cardboard boxes for the move.

CONTEXTUAL

The delivery driver stacked the heavy boxes neatly in the hallway before asking for a signature.

COMPLEX

The archive room was filled with dusty boxes containing decades of legal documents that had never been digitized.

Usage

The plural form of 'box'; follows the standard rule of adding '-es' to nouns ending in 'x'.

Pitfall

boxsboxesNouns ending in 'x' require '-es' to form the plural, not just 's'.

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