The winner is:
WURM!
You salty pretzel, congrats! Now get back here by Friday @ 2pm PST with two new words!
That's right! BOX / ELECTRIC is due this Friday! These can easily be great words if you put your creativity to the test!
Inspiration:
BOX
1.
a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal,cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover.
2.
the quantity contained in a box:
She bought a box of candy as a gift.
3.
Chiefly British. a gift or present:
a Christmas box.
4.
5.
a compartment or section in a public place, shut or railed off for theaccommodation of a small number of people, especially in a theater,opera house, sports stadium, etc.
6.
a small enclosure or area in a courtroom, for witnesses or the jury.
7.
a small shelter:
a sentry's box.
8.
British.
- a small house, cabin, or cottage, as for use while hunting:a shooting box.
- a telephone booth.
- a wardrobe trunk.
9.
10.
the driver's seat on a coach.
11.
the section of a wagon in which passengers or parcels are carried.
12.
Automotive. the section of a truck in which cargo is carried.
13.
the box, Informal. television:
Are there any good shows on the box tonight?
14.
part of a page of a newspaper or periodical set off in some manner, asby lines, a border, or white space.
15.
any enclosing, protective case or housing, sometimes including itscontents:
a gear box; a fire-alarm box.
16.
Baseball.
- either of two marked spaces, one on each side of the plate, in whichthe batter stands.
- either of two marked spaces, one outside of first base and the otheroutside of third, where the coaches stand.
- the pitcher's mound.
- the marked space where the catcher stands.
17.
a difficult situation; predicament.
18.
Agriculture. a bowl or pit cut in the side of a tree for collecting sap.
19.
Jazz Slang.
- a stringed instrument, as a guitar.
- a piano.
20.
Informal.
- a phonograph.
- a boom box.
- a computer.
21.
Slang. a coffin.
22.
Slang: Vulgar.
- the vulva or vagina.
- basket (def 9).
23.
to put into a box:
She boxed the glassware before the movers came.
24.
to enclose or confine as in a box (often followed by in or up).
25.
to furnish with a box.
26.
to form into a box or the shape of a box.
27.
to block so as to keep from passing or achieving better position (oftenfollowed by in):
The Ferrari was boxed in by two other cars on the tenth lap.
28.
to group together for consideration as one unit:
to box bills in the legislature.
29.
Building Trades. to enclose or conceal (a building or structure) as withboarding.
33.
box out, Basketball. to position oneself between an opposing playerand the basket to hinder the opposing player from rebounding ortipping in a shot; block out.
34.
out of the box, Australian Slang. remarkable or exceptional;extraordinary.
35.
outside the box, Informal. in an innovative or unconventionalmanner; with a fresh perspective:
You have to think outside the box and adapt those strategies to yourbusiness.
Also, out of the box.
ELECTRIC
1.
pertaining to, derived from, produced by, or involving electricity:
an electric shock.
2.
producing, transmitting, or operated by electric currents:
an electric bell; electric cord.
3.
electrifying; thrilling; exciting; stirring:
The atmosphere was electric with excitement.
4.
- producing sound by electrical or electronic means:an electric piano.
- equipped with connections to an amplifier-loudspeaker system:an electric violin.
5.
Railroads.
- an electric locomotive.
- Informal. a railroad operated by electricity.
6.
electricity:
residential users of gas and electric.
7.
something, as an appliance, vehicle, or toy, operated by electricity.
8.
Archaic. a substance that is a nonconductor of electricity, as glass oramber, used to store or to excite an electric charge.
