"ask box" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ask boxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ask box (plural ask boxes)
  1. (Internet) The inbox in which asks (messages) sent to a Tumblr blog are received. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet, Tumblr Synonyms: askbox
    Sense id: en-ask_box-en-noun-WXzFUCaZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "2019, Holly Luetkenhaus, Zoe Weinstein, Austentatious: The Evolving World of Jane Austen Fans, page 102:",
          "text": "One post on Tumblr by user penfairy begins with an ask-box submitted question reading \"I didn't know there were Austen gay otps (I'm very sheltered). Could you tell me what they are, please?\" […]",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Amanda Harlowe, Consensual Hex, unnumbered page:",
          "text": "I whip out my phone. “Here, I'll message you on Tumblr right now.”\nGabi opens her ask box. \"Touch your clit?\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Anna, quoted in Jessica Kunert, \"The Footy Girls of Tumblr: How Women Found Their Niche in the Online Football Fandom\", Communication & Support, Volume 9, Issue 2, pages 255-256",
          "text": "[…] “I may not like Real Madrid, but if a Madridista [a fan of Real Madrid] comes into my askbox and asks me politely for art of their fave, the chances that I’ll oblige them are pretty good.”"
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        "(Internet) The inbox in which asks (messages) sent to a Tumblr blog are received."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "askbox"
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      ],
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