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checkbox

noun
/ˈtʃɛkbɒks/UK/ˈt͡ʃɛkbɑks/US

Etymology

From check + box.

  1. derived from Boxenstopp
  2. derived from pyxis
  3. derived from buxis
  4. inherited from *buhsā✻
  5. inherited from box
  6. inherited from box — “container, box, cup”
  7. compounded as checkbox — “check + box”

Definitions

  1. A space on a paper form that can be optionally filled with a check mark.

  2. An on-screen box that can be optionally filled with a check mark, to enable or disable a…

    An on-screen box that can be optionally filled with a check mark, to enable or disable a setting.

The neighborhood

Derived

checkbox compliance

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for checkbox. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA