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sand box

sand box is the alternative spelling of sandbox.

Meaning of sandbox

Noun

sandbox (plural sandboxes)

  1. (Canada, US) A children's play area consisting of a box filled with sand.
    • Her children were playing in the sandbox.
    Synonyms:
    sandpit
  2. A box filled with sand that is shaped to form a mould for metal casting.
  3. A container for sand or pounce, used historically before blotting paper.
  4. An animal's litter box.
  5. A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs onto the rails in front of the driving wheels, to prevent slipping.
    • For the most part they were small standard gauge 0-6-0 side tanks of the type illustrated, with long tapered chimneys and an unusual feature for the Continent in the shape of domeless boilers, the protuberance just behind the chimney being a sandbox.1941 August, “Notes and News: The Swiss South Eastern Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 376
  6. An isolated area where a program can be executed with a restricted portion of the resources available.
    • Running a program in a sandbox can prevent it from doing any damage to the system.

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Forms of sand box

pluralsand boxes

Questions about sand box

What is sand box the alternative spelling of?
Sand box is the alternative spelling of sandbox.

Words near sand box in the dictionary

  1. sand bluestems
  2. sand boa
  3. sand boas
  4. sand boil
  5. sand boils
  6. sand box
  7. sand boxes
  8. sand break
  9. sand breaks
  10. sand bug
  11. sand buggies

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