window box

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noun

a box for growing plants, placed at or in a window.

a hollow space in a window frame for a sash weight.

Origin of window box

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby window box

Windom Peak, window, window back, window blind, window board, window box, window dresser, window dressing, window envelope, windowglass shell, windowing

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Example sentences from the Web for window box

Then I planted them in a corner of the window-box that I had left for them.
Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets|Various
And to our great joy the window-box was in position when we got home again.
Punch, or the London Charivari, May 27, 1914|Various
From a window-box she took a pinch of dry soil and dropped it into the bosom of her gown.
The Slayer Of souls|Robert Chambers
The length of a window-box will depend on the size of the window.
What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes|Dorothy Canfield Fisher

The vulgar speak of it as a window-box; that is how one knows that they are vulgar.
If I May|A. A. Milne

British Dictionary definitions for window box

window box

noun

a long narrow box, placed on or outside a windowsill, in which plants are grown

either of a pair of vertical boxes, attached to the sides of a sash window frame, that enclose a sash cord and counterbalancing weight

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单词	window box
释义	window box SEE SYNONYMS FOR window box ON THESAURUS.COM noun a box for growing plants, placed at or in a window. a hollow space in a window frame for a sash weight. Origin of window box First recorded in 1880–85 Words nearby window box Windom Peak, window, window back, window blind, window board, window box, window dresser, window dressing, window envelope, windowglass shell, windowing Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for window box Then I planted them in a corner of the window-box that I had left for them. Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets\|Various And to our great joy the window-box was in position when we got home again. Punch, or the London Charivari, May 27, 1914\|Various From a window-box she took a pinch of dry soil and dropped it into the bosom of her gown. The Slayer Of souls\|Robert Chambers The length of a window-box will depend on the size of the window. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes\|Dorothy Canfield Fisher The vulgar speak of it as a window-box; that is how one knows that they are vulgar. If I May\|A. A. Milne British Dictionary definitions for window box window box noun a long narrow box, placed on or outside a windowsill, in which plants are grown either of a pair of vertical boxes, attached to the sides of a sash window frame, that enclose a sash cord and counterbalancing weight Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to window box pot, vase
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window box

noun

Origin of window box

Words nearby window box

Example sentences from the Web for window box

British Dictionary definitions for window box

noun

Words related to window box