flower box


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

Origin of flower box

1
First recorded in 1875–80

Words Nearby flower box

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How to use flower box in a sentence

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

  • 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.

    Mrs. Vanderstein's jewels | Mrs. Charles Bryce
  • The window sash was warped and stubborn; the woman excited, and in her anxiety something caught on the flower-box.

    The Long Dim Trail | Forrestine C. Hooker
  • Thar was twenty-five thousand in that flower-box he guv to Jamie and the Little Lady; and this makes ten more.

    The Long Dim Trail | Forrestine C. Hooker
  • She took some earth from the flower-box in the window, and with all her might flung it after that disappearing figure.

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

    The Rubicon | E. F. Benson