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light box

light box is the alternative form of lightbox.

Meaning of lightbox

Noun

lightbox (plural lightboxes)

  1. A box containing a source of light and a white, translucent cover, used to view photographic transparencies.
  2. A box containing fluorescent tubes or LED technology, used to treat people with seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and circadian rhythm disorders.
  3. (Internet) A kind of pop-up that is overlaid across a web page while the rest of the content is dimmed.
  4. (pinball) A backbox.
  5. A device used in phreaking that indicates when a telephone line is in use by means of a light.

Forms of light box

plurallight boxes

Questions about light box

What is light box the alternative form of?
Light box is the alternative form of lightbox.

Words near light box in the dictionary

  1. light bills
  2. light blue
  3. light blues
  4. light bob
  5. light bobs
  6. light box
  7. light boxes
  8. light bread
  9. light breads
  10. light breeze
  11. light breezes

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