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tickbox

tickbox is the alternative spelling of tick box.

Meaning of tick box

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

Forms of tickbox

pluraltickboxes

Questions about tickbox

What is tickbox the alternative spelling of?
Tickbox is the alternative spelling of tick box.

Words near tickbox in the dictionary

  1. tickbird
  2. tickbirds
  3. tickbite
  4. tickbites
  5. tickborne
  6. tickbox
  7. tickboxes
  8. ticked
  9. ticked a lock
  10. ticked all the boxes
  11. ticked and tied

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