Noun
search box (plural search boxes)
(computing) A text box for the input of text to be searched for in a database, on the Internet, etc.
The average consumer does not know the difference between browser, Internet and search box. Mitchell Baker
By turning every Yahoo search box into a Bing box, Microsoft may have bought itself the exposure it needs to be the next Google. Douglas Rushkoff
My books are not really books; they're endless chains of distraction shoved inside a cover. Many of them begin at the search box of Pub Med, an Internet database of medical journal articles. Mary Roach