Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A box containing a source of light and a white, translucent cover, used to view photographic transparencies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A box containing fluorescent tubes or LED technology, used to treat people with seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and circadian rhythm disorders.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A kind of pop-up that is overlaid across a web page while the rest of the content is dimmed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
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noun
A backbox.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: pinball
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noun
A device used in phreaking that indicates when a telephone line is in use by means of a light.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From light + box. In the Internet sense, originally the name of one specific technique.
