Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| ark | a chest or coffer; (verb) to put in an ark > ARKS, ARKING, ARKED. |
| bandbox | a box for holding bands, caps, millinery etc. |
| barrique | a wine barrel. |
| bento obento | a Japanese LUNCHBOX. |
| billfold | a wallet. |
| bin | a container for storing or displaying goods; a stand or case with compartments in which to store bottled wine in a wine; (verb) to put in a bin. |
| bonbonniere | a fancy box for holding sweets. |
| box | to put into a box; to strike with the hand or fists > BOXES, BOXING, BOXED. |
| boxy | like a box > BOXIER, BOXIEST. |
| boxiness | the state of being BOXY, like a box. |
| boxlike | like a box. |
| breadbox | a box for keeping bread in. |
| briefcase | a small case for carrying briefs, or for documents in general. |
| buist | a box, a tar-box; an owner's mark on sheep and cattle; (verb) to mark with this > BUISTS, BUISTING, BUISTED. |
| caisson | a vehicle or chest for holding ammunition. [Fr. caisson, a large chest]. |
| cakebox | a container for a cake. |
| canister | a small container, usu. of metal, used for tea, shot, etc; (verb) to put in a canister > CANISTERS, CANISTERED, CANISTERING. |
| cannister | a CANISTER, small container, usu. of metal, used for tea, shot, etc. |
| cardcase | a case or wallet for carrying business or credit cards. |
| carton | a container made of cardboard, or (for holding liquids) of waxed paper or plastic; (verb) to put in a carton > CARTONS, CARTONING, CARTONED. |
| case | a covering, box or sheath; (verb) to put in a case. |
| cask | a hollow round container for holding liquor, made of wooden staves bound with hoops; (verb) to put in a cask. |
| cashbox | a box for keeping cash on. |
| casket | to enclose or store in a casket > CASKETS, CASKETING, CASKETED. |
| cassolette | a perfume-box with perforated lid. |
| cassone | a large chest, carved and painted > CASSONES (although the Italian plural is cassoni). |
| cellaret cellarette | a case or drawer for holding wine bottles. |
| chaufer chauffer | a metal box for holding fire. |
| chest | a large strong box; (verb) (esp in football) to hit or direct (the ball) with one's chest. |
| clackbox | the box containing the clack valve of an engine. |
| coalbox | a box for keeping coal in. |
| coffer | a chest for holding money or treasure, a strongbox; (verb) to put in a strongbox. |
| coffin | a box for a dead body; (verb) to put into a coffin > COFFINS, COFFINING, COFFINED. |
| coffret | a small coffer; a presentation box. |
| crate | a strong metal, plastic, wooden or wickerwork case with partitions, for carrying breakable or perishable goods; (verb) to put in a packing box > CRATES, CRATING, CRATED. |
| dabba | in Indian cookery, a round metal container used to transport hot food. |
| debe | (Swahili) a tin. |
| embox | to set in a box > EMBOXES, EMBOXING, EMBOXED. |
| etui etwee | a small ornamental case for holding e.g. needles. |
| farebox | a box where fares can be placed. |
| feedbox | a box for animal feed. |
| firebox | a chamber for the fire in a steam engine etc. |
| flybook | a case like a book used to hold fishing flies. |
| glovebox | a compartment in a car for gloves etc. |
| hanaper | a case for a HANAP, a drinking goblet; a receptacle for treasure etc. |
| hatbox | a box for keeping a hat in. |
| haybox | a box for keeping hay in, for animals to eat from. |
| hellbox | a printer's receptacle for broken type. |
| holster | a case for a pistol. |
| holstered | kept in a holster. N.B. no HOLSTERING*. |
| icebox | a cabinet for cooling food. |
| inro | a small container for pills and medicines. No —S. |
| kalamdan qalamdan | a Persian writing-case |
| lacunar lequear | a sunken coffer in a ceiling. |
| larnax | a terracotta chest of ancient Greece > LARNAKES. |
| letterbox | a box or slot for receiving mail; a box for posting mail. |
| lunchbox | a box for carrying a packed lunch. |
| mailbox | a box for holding postal items. |
| matchbox | a small box. |
| mocock mocuck | a N. American birch-bark box or basket. |
| moneybox | a box for keeping money in. |
| notecase | a case for holding notes. |
| paintbox | a box containing paints. |
| papeterie | a stationery-case. |
| pegbox | a box for keeping pegs in. |
| pepperbox | a pepper-pot. |
| petara pitara(# pitarah | in India, a travelling box for clothes. |
| pillbox | a box for pills; a small round brimless hat. |
| pincase | a case for pins > PINCASES. |
| pitara | see PETARA. |
| pitarah | see PITARA. |
| pix pyx | a box at the Mint in which sample coins are kept for testing; PYX is also a verb > to test the weight and fineness of coins. |
| pochette | a pocket notecase or wallet. |
| poorbox | a box, esp. in a church, used to collect alms for the poor. |
| portfolio | a case or pair of boards for holding loose papers. |
| postbox | a mailbox. |
| pouncet | a box with a perforated lid, for sprinkling pounce, or for holding perfumes. |
| pyxis | a little box for jewels > PYXIDES. |
| qalamdan | see KALAMDAN. |
| reliquary | a small box or shrine used to hold relics. |
| safe | a metal box, often set in a wall, secure against fire, thieves, etc. |
| saggar sagger | a clay box in which pottery is packed for baking; (verb) to pack in a SAGGAR. |
| saggard seggar | a SAGGAR, a clay box in which pottery is packed for baking. |
| saltbox | a box for holding salt, esp. one with a sloping clapper lid, once used in burlesque music. |
| scabbard | a holder for a bladed weapon, such as a sword; (verb) to put in a scabbard. |
| scrine scryne | a chest for records. |
| seedbox | a box for seeds. |
| sheath | a case for a sword; (verb) to put in a sheath. |
| shoebox | a cardboard box for shoes. |
| showbox | a showman's box out of which he takes his materials. |
| skippet | a flat box for protecting the seal of a document. |
| snaptin | a container for food. |
| snuffbox | a receptacle for snuff. |
| soapbox | a box or crate for holding soap. |
| solander | a case for maps, plates, etc., made to resemble a book and having the front cover and fore edge hinged. [From Daniel Charles Solander (1736-1782), the Swedish naturalist who invented it.] |
| soundbox | part of a gramophone supporting the diaphragm. |
| standish | a stand, or case, for pen and ink. |
| stocklock | a lock with a wooden case. |
| strongbox | a box for holding valuables. |
| suitcase | a flat, rectangular piece of luggage. |
| suiter | a suitcase holding a specific number of suits. |
| sweatbox | a narrow box or cell in which a prisoner is placed for punishment. |
| tantalus | a case in which alcohol decanters are visible but locked up > TANTALUSES. |
| teabox | a box for tea. |
| thunderbox | a chamberbox enclosed in a box or stool. |
| tin | a usu. airtight container or box of tin; (verb) to coat with tin. |
| tinderbox | a box for holding tinder. |
| toolbox | a box for holding tools. |
| toolcase | a case for tools. |
| toybox | a box for toys. |
| toychest | a chest for toys. |
| trashcan | a rubbish bin. |
| tuckerbox tuckbox | a box for carrying food in. |
| unbox | to take out of a box > UNBOXES, UNBOXING, UNBOXED. |
| vasculum | a botanist's collecting case > VASCULA or VASCULUMS. [L. vasculum, diminutive of vas, a vessel]. |
| wallet | a flat folding case |
| woodbin | a bin for keeping wood in. |
| woodbox | a box for keeping firewood in. |
| workbox | a box to hold tools etc. |
| yakhdan | a box used for carrying ice on the back of a pack animal. [Persian yakh, ice + dan, box]. |