"combo box" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: [ˈkɒmbəʊ bɒks] Forms: combo boxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} combo box (plural combo boxes)
  1. (graphical user interface) A widget that is a combination of a dropdown list or list box and a single-line textbox, allowing the user either to type a value directly into the control or choose from the list of existing options. Categories (topical): Graphical user interface Translations (GUI widget): 組合框 (Chinese Mandarin), 组合框 (zǔhé kuāng) (Chinese Mandarin), yhdistelmäruutu (Finnish), boîte combinée [feminine] (French), Combobox [feminine] (German), Kombinationsfeld [neuter] (German), コンボボックス (konbobokkusu) (Japanese), caixa de combinação [feminine] (Portuguese), по́ле со спи́ском (póle so spískom) [neuter] (Russian), kombinationsfält [neuter] (Swedish), bileşik kutu (Turkish), bileşim kutusu (Turkish), karma kutu (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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      "word": "コンボボックス"
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