/ Dictionary / Index B boxwood: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: box•wood Pronunciation: (boks'wood"), [key] — n. the hard, fine-grained, compact wood of the box shrub or tree, used for wood-engravers' blocks, musical instruments, etc. the tree or shrub itself. Cf. box. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: boxwood (Thesaurus) box turtle box wrench Related Content Daily Word Quiz: deleterious Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language