chatbox
chatbox noun: a chat room.
Noun
chatbox (plural chatboxes)
- A chat room.
- As you may know, in the third weekend of October, we will organise a JOTI (Jamboree On The Internet) weekend, instead of the JOTA. During that weekend we plan to open several chatboxes on IRC. On these boxes Scouts from all over the world can chat with each other.1997, vdveen, “JOTI 1997 Chatboxes IMPORTANT INFORMATION”, in de.soc.jugendarbeit (Usenet)
- How do you handle students who use the Internet for chatboxes and email?1997, Billie Walker, “Chatboxes and email”, in bit.listserv.libref-l (Usenet)
- A tagboard.
- As the video streams, there's a chatbox by the side of it. All viewers are welcome to leave comments in the chatbox or simply watch the chat that is developing.2016, Zoe Griffin, Get Rich Blogging, Kings Road Publishing, →ISBN
Forms of chatbox
| plural | chatboxes |
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Origin of chatbox
From chat + box.
Questions about chatbox
- What does chatbox mean?
- Chatbox means a chat room.
- What part of speech is chatbox?
- Chatbox is a noun.
- What is the plural of chatbox?
- The plural of chatbox is chatboxes.
Words near chatbox in the dictionary
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