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skybox

skybox noun: a seating area for VIPs in a stadium.

Noun

skybox (plural skyboxes)

  1. A seating area for VIPs in a stadium.
    • When Aislyn showed up at the rally with her ticket, she and her friends and parents all got quickly ushered over to a fancy-looking private entrance and up to an even fancier luxury skybox.2022, N. K. Jemisin, The World We Make, Orbit, page 92
    Synonyms:
    luxury box
  2. A cube with textures on its inner faces, used to simulate the sky or similar backdrop around a three-dimensional playfield.
    • Thankfully, tools have been created to assist in the skybox creation process.2004, Paul Marino, 3D Game-Based Filmmaking: The Art of Machinima
    • To ensure consistent sizing for all images, you should give each image in the skybox the same pixel width and height dimensions.2007, Stephen Cawood, Pat McGee, Microsoft XNA Game Studio Creator's Guide

Synonyms of skybox

Forms of skybox

pluralskyboxes

Origin of skybox

From sky + box.

Questions about skybox

What does skybox mean?
Skybox means a seating area for VIPs in a stadium.
What part of speech is skybox?
Skybox is a noun.
What is the plural of skybox?
The plural of skybox is skyboxes.

Words near skybox in the dictionary

  1. skyboards
  2. skybook
  3. skybooks
  4. skyborne
  5. skybound
  6. skybox
  7. skyboxes
  8. skybridge
  9. skybridges
  10. skycam
  11. skycams

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