ballot box

noun

A sealed box with a slit, into which a voter places a completed voting slip.

“The people will decide at the ballot box.”

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Meanings

nounballot box (plural ballot boxes)

plural ballot boxes

  1. A sealed box with a slit, into which a voter places a completed voting slip.
  2. metonymicallyThe process or method of voting.

    The people will decide at the ballot box.

    1 more example

    Incumbent Sadiq Khan wants a third term. But he is currently silenced by the strict rules of 'purdah', so he cannot use funds from the Greater London Authority for anything that might give him political advantage. There are strict neutrality rules to ensure that all ten candidates stand an equal chance at the ballot box […].

    2024 April 3, Howard Johnston, “TfL is overflowing with ideas... but is short of the capital”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 30

Translations

Basque hautetsontzi
  • hautetsontzia sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
Bulgarian избира́телна у́рна
  • избира́телна у́рна (izbirátelna úrna)a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
Catalan urna
  • urnaa sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
Chinese Mandarin 票箱, 票匭 /票匦
  • 票箱 (piàoxiāng)a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • 票匭 /票匦 (piàoguǐ)a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • 投票箱 (tóupiàoxiāng)a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
Czech volební urna
  • volební urnaa sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
Danish stemmeurne, valgurne
  • stemmeurnea sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • valgurnea sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • stemmeboksa sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
Dutch stembus
  • stembusa sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
Esperanto balotkolektujo
  • balotkolektujoa sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
Finnish vaaliuurna, uurna
  • vaaliuurnaa sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • uurnaa sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • uurnavaalithe process or method of voting
French urne, urne électorale
  • urnea sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • urne électoralea sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
German Wahlurne
  • Wahlurnea sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
Greek κάλπη, ψηφοδόχος
  • κάλπη (kálpi)a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • ψηφοδόχος (psifodóchos)a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
Hebrew קלפי
  • קלפי (kalpae, kalpi)a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
Hungarian szavazóurna, urna
  • szavazóurnaa sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • urnaa sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • szavazásthe process or method of voting
Icelandic kjörkassi
  • kjörkassia sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
Indonesian kotak suara
  • kotak suaraa sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
Italian urna elettorale, bussolotto
  • urna elettoralea sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • bussolottoa sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • bussolaa sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
Japanese 投票箱
  • 投票箱 (tōhyōbako)a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
Korean 투표함, 선거통
  • 투표함 (tupyoham)a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • 선거통 (seon'geotong)a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
Latin sitella, situla
  • sitellaa sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • situlaa sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • urnaa sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • cistaa sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
Lithuanian balsãdėžė, ùrna
  • balsãdėžėa sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • ùrnaa sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
Norwegian Bokmål urne, valgurne
  • urnea sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • valgurnea sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
Polish urna wyborcza, balot
  • urna wyborczaa sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • balotthe process or method of voting
  • balotażthe process or method of voting
Portuguese urna
  • urnaa sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
Russian избира́тельная у́рна, баллотиро́вочный я́щик
  • избира́тельная у́рна (izbirátelʹnaja úrna)a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • баллотиро́вочный я́щик (ballotiróvočnyj jáščik)a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • у́рна (úrna)a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
Spanish urna, urna electoral
  • urnaa sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • urna electorala sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
Swedish valurna
  • valurnaa sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
Tagalog urna
  • urnaa sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
Turkish seçim sandığı, sandık
  • seçim sandığıa sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • sandıka sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • sandıkthe process or method of voting
  • seçim sandığıthe process or method of voting
Yiddish אורנע
  • אורנע (urne)a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
Cite this entry
APA

ballot box. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballot%20box

MLA

“ballot box.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballot%20box. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ballot box,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballot%20box.

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