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BOXED-IN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does boxed-in mean?
• BOXED-IN (adjective)
The adjective BOXED-IN has 1 sense:
1. enclosed in or as if in a box
Familiarity information: BOXED-IN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Enclosed in or as if in a box
Synonyms:
Context example:
felt boxed in by the traffic
Similar:
enclosed (closed in or surrounded or included within)
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