dropbox
English
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[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɹɑp.bɑks/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɹɒp.bɒks/
Noun
[edit]dropbox (plural dropboxes)
- A box wherein objects can be deposited by one person for later collection by another.
- 1980, Edwin Silberstang, Playboy's Guide to Casino Gambling, page 363:
- The two smaller slots are for the dropping of cash or markers into the dropbox when players cash these for casino chips.
- 2021 May 4, Thomas L. Friedman, quoting Kimberly Wehle, “Trump’s Big Lie Devoured the G.O.P. and Now Eyes Our Democracy”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- “The measures include things like enhanced power for poll ‘monitors,’ fewer voting drop-boxes, restrictions on voting by mail, penalties for election officials who fail to purge voters from the rolls, and enhanced power in politicians over election procedures.”
- (computing) A computer folder to which files may be dragged and dropped and from which users of other computers on the network can access those files.
- (sewing) An enhancement to a loom that allows patterns of multiple colors to be woven from the same loom.
- 1869, “The Provincial History of England”, in The Spectator, volume 42, page 1528:
- In 1738, John Kay, a native of Bury (though at the time residing in Colchester) invented the fly-shuttle, and in 1760 his son Robert invented the dropbox, by which patterns of various colours are woven nearly with the same facility as plain calico.