flower box

noun

A container in which flowers or plants are grown, usually affixed outside just below a window.

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planterplanter box
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Meanings

nounflower box (plural flower boxes)

plural flower boxes · alternative flowerbox

  1. A container in which flowers or plants are grown, usually affixed outside just below a window.

    Synonyms: planter, planter box

  2. computingA comment in source code that spans several lines, serving to introduce the source code that follows, and bordered by asterisks.

    1988, Computer Partners, Inc, Handbook of COBOL techniques and programming standards To make this easier to do, set up an empty flower box and copy it into your program...

    3 more examples

    […] you might have several lines of comments enclosed in a "flower box".

    1989, Cary N. Prague, James E. Hammitt, dBase IV programming

    To end the flower box, type / to specify the end of a multiple line comment.

    2001, Danny Ryan, Tommy Ryan, ASP.NET: your visual blueprint for creating Web applications on the .Net

    I then modified the code we had written earlier to include a flower box […]

    2002, John Smiley, Learn to program with Visual Basic.NET

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA container in which flowers or plants are grown, usually affixed outside just below a window.

Similar
planterplanter box
Also see
window box

Translations

Finnish kukkalaatikko
  • kukkalaatikkoflower container
French jardinière
  • jardinièreflower container
German Blumenkasten
  • Blumenkastenflower container
Greek ζαρντινιέρα
  • ζαρντινιέρα (zarntiniéra)flower container
Icelandic blómakassi
  • blómakassiflower container
Italian fioriera
  • fiorieraflower container
Persian فلاور باکس
  • فلاور باکس (flâver-bâks)flower container
Portuguese floreira, jardineira
  • floreiraflower container
  • jardineiraflower container
Spanish jardinera
  • jardineraflower container
Swedish blomlåda
  • blomlådaflower container
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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