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boxed

Definitions of boxed
  1. adjective
    enclosed in or set off by a border or box
    boxed sections of the report”
    boxed announcements in the newspaper”
    synonyms:
    bordered
    having a border especially of a specified kind; sometimes used as a combining term
  2. adjective
    enclosed in or as if in a box
    “a confining boxed-in space”
    “felt boxed in by the traffic”
    synonyms: boxed in, boxed-in
    enclosed
    closed in or surrounded or included within
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