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lightboxes

lightboxes is the plural 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.

Questions about lightboxes

What is lightboxes the plural of?
Lightboxes is the plural of lightbox.

Words near lightboxes in the dictionary

  1. Lightbody
  2. Lightbodys
  3. Lightbourne
  4. Lightbournes
  5. lightbox
  6. lightboxes
  7. lightbrained
  8. lightbulb
  9. lightbulb joke
  10. lightbulbed
  11. lightbulbs

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