"window box" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: window boxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} window box (plural window boxes)
  1. A narrow box filled with earth, placed on a windowsill and used for growing plants. Synonyms: flower box, herb box, planter, windowbox
    Sense id: en-window_box-en-noun-AuBzHGYE
  2. One of the hollows in the sides of a window frame for the weights which counterbalance a lifting sash.
    Sense id: en-window_box-en-noun--483n9EG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (flower box): blómukassi [masculine] (Faroese), Blumenkasten [masculine] (German), blomlåda (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'flower box': 48 52

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