Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boxen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables
box-en
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Made of boxwood.

adj

Resembling box (the wood).

noun

plural of box (“computer”)

Humorous

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English boxen, replacing earlier bixen, from Old English byxen (“made of boxwood”), equivalent to box + -en.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more boxen (comparative) most boxen (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

VAXen

Rhymes With

moxon coxswain coxon alloxan cockswain

Questions

What does boxen mean?
Made of boxwood.
Where does boxen come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce boxen

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