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Boxing

of Box

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Narrower term 4

Bundling 76% connected

of Bundle

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fight 76% connected

To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Spar 76% connected

An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc. It was especially used in…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sparring 76% connected

of Spar

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Broader term 3

Enclosure 76% connected

Inclosure. See Inclosure.

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Envelopment 76% connected

The act of enveloping or wrapping; an inclosing or covering on all sides.

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Inclosure 76% connected

The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence.

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Box 74% connected

A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B.…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Box 74% connected

A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B.…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Pack 74% connected

A pact.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Pack 74% connected

A pact.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Packing 92% connected

of Pack

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Pugilism 92% connected

The practice of boxing, or fighting with the fist.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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