flower box

noun

1. a box used for growing decorative plants in or around the home, often attached to a window ledge.

Word History and Origins

Origin of flower box¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Install a flower box around your mailbox to add a fresh look.

From Washington Blade

There was no one to be seen or heard, and with frenzied haste they began to pull up the plants which adorned the flower box.

From Project Gutenberg

The window sash was warped and stubborn; the woman excited, and in her anxiety something caught on the flower-box.

From Project Gutenberg

Thar was twenty-five thousand in that flower-box he guv to Jamie and the Little Lady; and this makes ten more.

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She took some earth from the flower-box in the window, and with all her might flung it after that disappearing figure.

From Project Gutenberg

The window was open, and the flower-box outside was in full scent and colour.

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