"suggestion box" meaning in English

See suggestion box in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: suggestion boxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} suggestion box (plural suggestion boxes)
  1. A receptacle with an opening into which people may place slips of paper containing suggestions for improvement, or for similar feedback Categories (topical): Containers Hypernyms: box Translations (receptacle): aloitelaatikko (Finnish), boîte à suggestions [feminine] (French), 投書箱 (tōshobako) (alt: とうしょばこ) (Japanese), kotak cadangan (Malay)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for suggestion box meaning in English (1.9kB)

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          "improvement",
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          "feedback",
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        ]
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "receptacle",
          "word": "aloitelaatikko"
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          "sense": "receptacle",
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        }
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      "sense": "receptacle",
      "word": "aloitelaatikko"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "receptacle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "sense": "receptacle",
      "word": "投書箱"
    },
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "receptacle",
      "word": "kotak cadangan"
    }
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