/ Thesaurus / B Synonyms of box tortoise Find synonyms for: Noun1. box turtle, box tortoise, turtleusage: chiefly terrestrial turtle of North America; shell can be closed tightlyWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: secular Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language