1. very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks • Syn: Turkish boxwood • Hypernyms: wood • Substance Holonyms: box 2. evergreen shrubs or small trees • Syn: box • Hypernyms: shrub, bush • Hyponyms: common box, European box, Buxus sempervirens • Member Holonyms: Buxus, genus Buxus • Substance Meronyms: Turkish boxwood