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tick box

tick box noun: a small space on a form in which a tick or cross may be placed as a response.

Noun

tick box (plural tick boxes)

  1. A small space on a form in which a tick or cross may be placed as a response.
    • There was a simple tick-box option to book a hire car on the island.2021 October 20, Stefanie Foster, “Comment: How to win leisure travellers”, in RAIL, number 942, page 3
    Synonyms:
    checkbox, ticky box

Synonyms of tick box

Forms of tick box

pluraltick boxes
alternative formtickbox

Questions about tick box

What does tick box mean?
Tick box means a small space on a form in which a tick or cross may be placed as a response.
What part of speech is tick box?
Tick box is a noun.
What is the plural of tick box?
The plural of tick box is tick boxes.

Words near tick box in the dictionary

  1. tick away
  2. tick bean
  3. tick beans
  4. tick bite
  5. tick bites
  6. tick box
  7. tick boxes
  8. tick by
  9. tick down
  10. tick fever
  11. tick mark

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