Meaning

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

    Blumenkasten

  2. A 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...

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Tom bought Mary flowers and a box of chocolates.

  2. Tom bought flowers and a box of chocolates for Mary.

  3. Geraniums bloomed in flower boxes under the windows of the house.

Translations

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By meaning 1
flower container:

Forms

plural: flower boxes

Synonyms

2 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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