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case — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • box noun A rigid container, typically rectangular, with a lid or flaps, used to hold or transport things.
  • label noun A small tag, sticker, or printed note attached to something, giving information about it.
  • panel noun A flat rectangular section set into a larger surface, such as a wall, door, or fence.
  • point noun The sharp or narrow end of something.
  • square noun A four-sided shape with equal sides and right angles.

Senses

case is used for these senses in English:

  • box A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.
  • box (fencing) A device used in electric fencing to detect whether a weapon has struck an opponent, which connects to a fencer's weapon by a spool and body wire. It uses lights and sound to notify a hit, with different coloured lights for on target and off target hits.
  • label A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
  • panel A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.
  • point (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played. [from 15th c.]
  • square A cell in a grid.
  • text box (computing, graphical user interface) A rectangular widget that accepts textual input on an interactive electronic display.

box — full definition

  1. noun A rigid container, typically rectangular, with a lid or flaps, used to hold or transport things.
  2. verb To put something into a box or boxes.
  3. verb To fight an opponent using the fists, typically wearing padded gloves, as a sport.

label — full definition

  1. noun A small tag, sticker, or printed note attached to something, giving information about it.
  2. noun A word or phrase used to categorise a person, group, or idea, sometimes in a way that oversimplifies them.
  3. noun A company that produces and distributes recorded music.
  4. verb To attach a label to something, or to describe someone or something with a particular categorising term.

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