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backboxes

backboxes is the plural of backbox.

Meaning of backbox

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
    Synonyms:
    lightbox

Questions about backboxes

What is backboxes the plural of?
Backboxes is the plural of backbox.

Words near backboxes in the dictionary

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

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