Thursday 10th December and the word is BOX

I know today is Friday but l was ill yesterday and couldn't post , so l am doing it a day late! Thursday's word was BOX. Lots of boxes around the house,a biscuit box, tissue box, empty box, small box or a wooden box. All very boring l thought.  Puzzled this one, on and off in my mind most of the day. Then it came to me...there is a building around the Tottenham Court Road area, that has a flat that is boxed in on three side by other buildings and has a low wall on the fourth blocking it in on all sides. A boxed in flat!

I never knew there were so many dictionary definitions for the word box.box 1 |bäks|noun1 a container with a flat base and sides, typically square or rectangularand having a lid : a cereal box | a hat box.• the contents of such a container : she ate a whole box of chocolates that night.• short for boom box .• informal a casing containing a computer.• ( the box) informal chiefly Brit. television or a television set : light entertainment shows on the box.• informal a coffin : I always thought I'd be in a box when I finally left here.• historical a coachman's seat.• vulgar slang a woman's vagina.2 an area or space enclosed within straight lines, in particular• an area on a printed page that is to be filled in or that is set off by a border : a picture of Sandy was in the upper right-hand box.• an area on a computer screen for user input or displaying information.• ( the box) (also the batter's box) Baseball the rectangular area occupied by the batter.• Baseball the rectangular area behind home plate for the catcher (catcher’s box), or those near first and third bases, in foul territory, for each base coach ( coach’s box).• ( the box) Soccer the penalty area : he curled in a shot from the edge of the box.3 a small structure or building for a specific purpose, in particular• a separate section or enclosed area within a larger building, esp. one reserved for a group of people in a theater or sports ground or for witnesses or the jury in a law court : a box at the opera | the jury was now in the box.• Brit. a small country house for use when hunting or fishing.4 a protective casing for a piece of a mechanism.• informal short for gearbox .5 a mailbox at a post office, newspaper office, or other facility where a person may arrange to receive correspondence : write to me care of PO Box 112.verb [ trans. ][often as adj. ] ( boxed) put in or provide with a box : the books are sold as a boxed set | Muriel boxed up all of Christopher's clothes.• enclose (a piece of text) within printed lines : boxed sections in magazines.• ( box someone in) restrict the ability of (someone) to move freely :a van had double-parked alongside her car and totally boxed her in.PHRASESback through the box Baseball (of a batted ball) hit in the direction of the pitcher past second base.in a box restricted or limited : he will find himself in a box on US policy toward the Soviet Union.in-a-box (or in-the-box) packaged simply, cheaply, and conveniently :the Butler-in-a-Box is the gadget of your dreams.( right) out of the box describing a newly purchased product that works immediately, without any special assembly or training : a completely preconfigured system you can quickly install right out of the box.think outside ( of) the box think in an original or creative way : you have to give him credit for thinking outside the box.PHRASAL VERBSbox out Basketball block an opponent from an area by the position of one's body : Miller neglected to box out his man in the final seconds.DERIVATIVESboxful |-ˌfoŏl| |ˈbɑksˈfʊl| nounboxlike |-ˌlīk| adjectiveORIGIN late Old English , probably from late Latin buxis, from Latinpyxis ‘boxwood box,’ from Greek puxos (see box 3 ).box 2 |bɑks| |bɒks|verb [ intrans. ]fight an opponent using one's fists; compete in the sport of boxing : he boxed for England | [ trans. ] he had to box Bennett for the title.noun [in sing. ]a slap with the hand on the side of a person's head given as a punishment or in anger : she gave him a box on the ear.PHRASESbox someone's ears slap someone on the side of the head as a punishment or in anger.ORIGIN late Middle English (in the general sense [a blow] ): of unknown origin.box 3 |bɑks| |bɒks|noun1 (also box tree) a slow-growing European evergreen shrub or small tree with glossy dark green leaves. It is often grown as a hedge and for topiary. • Buxus sempervirens, family Buxaceae.• (also boxwood) the hard, heavy wood of this tree, formerly widely used for engraving and for musical instruments.2 any of a number of trees that have similar wood or foliage, in particular • several Australian eucalyptus trees (genus Eucalyptus, family Myrtaceae). • the tropical American Venezuelan (or West Indian) box ( Casearia praecox, family Flacourtiaceae), the wood of which has now largely replaced that of the European box.ORIGIN Old English , via Latin from Greek puxos.box 4 |bɑks| |bɒks|verb (in phrase box the compass) chiefly Nautical1 recite the compass points in correct order.2 make a complete change of direction : by now the breeze had boxed the compass.ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: perhaps from Spanish bojar ‘sail around,’from Middle Low German bōgen ‘bend,’ from the base of bow 1 .