Word.ws English Dictionary

backbox

backbox noun: the rear upright section of a pinball machine, usually incorporating the score display.

Noun

backbox (plural backboxes)

  1. (pinball) The rear upright section of a pinball machine, usually incorporating the score display.
    • The game is made exclusively in the new-type Williams cabinet design (a longer, lower styling with pedestal-mounted backbox).1960 August 15, Billboard, page 69
    • Backbox animation was a steady attraction during the 1950s.1997, Gary Flower, Bill Kurtz, Pinball: the lure of the silver ball
    Synonyms:
    lightbox

Synonyms of backbox

Forms of backbox

pluralbackboxes

Origin of backbox

From back + box.

Questions about backbox

What does backbox mean?
Backbox means the rear upright section of a pinball machine, usually incorporating the score display.
What part of speech is backbox?
Backbox is a noun.
What is the plural of backbox?
The plural of backbox is backboxes.

Words near backbox in the dictionary

  1. backbones
  2. backbore
  3. backbored
  4. backbores
  5. backboring
  6. backbox
  7. backboxes
  8. backbreaker
  9. backbreakers
  10. backbreaking
  11. backbreakingly

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: backbox (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “backbox.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/backbox. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.