CHECKBOX

Etymology

Noun

checkbox (plural checkboxes)

A space on a paper form that can be optionally filled with a check mark.

Hypernym: box

(graphical user interface) An on-screen box that can be optionally filled with a check mark, to enable or disable a setting.

Synonym: tick box

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

9 March 2025

CLOG

(verb) fill to excess so that function is impaired; “Fear clogged her mind”; “The story was clogged with too many details”


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Coffee Trivia

The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.

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