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unbox

unbox verb: to remove from a box.

unbox: to remove from a box
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Verb

unbox (third-person singular simple present unboxes, present participle unboxing, simple past and past participle unboxed)

  1. (transitive) To remove from a box.
    • The booksellers' tasks were to unbox, shelve, and handle cash.2005, Andrew Laties, Rebel Bookseller
    • Clips in which children’s toys are unboxed are some of the most popular videos on YouTube.2014 December 16, Alex Frank, “Happy Unboxing Day! A Small Guide to the Very Large World of Unboxing Videos”, in Vogue
    Synonyms:
    unpack, uncase, undo
  2. (transitive) To retrieve (a value of a primitive type) from the object in which it is boxed.
    • When a boxing or unboxing operation occurs in code, whether it was implicit or explicit, the IL generated includes the box or unbox command.2004, Stephen Teilhet, Jay Hilyard, C# Cookbook

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Forms of unbox

third-person singular presentunboxes
present participleunboxing
past participleunboxed
pastunboxed

Past tense of unbox: unboxed

Origin of unbox

From un- + box.

Words formed from unbox

Questions about unbox

What does unbox mean?
Unbox means to remove from a box.
What part of speech is unbox?
Unbox is a verb.
What is the past tense of unbox?
The past tense of unbox is unboxed.

Words near unbox in the dictionary

  1. unbowered
  2. unbowing
  3. unbowled
  4. unbows
  5. unbowsome
  6. unbox
  7. unboxable
  8. unboxed
  9. unboxer
  10. unboxers
  11. unboxes

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